democracy

  • Moderation: FoME Symposium, Berlin

    “Manipulation of Public Opinion in Social Media: Actors, Trends, Counter-strategies” — this wasn’t exactly an easy to digest or necessarily uplifting topic, but it has been a great pleasure quizzing Lisa-Maria Neudert, John Jal Dak, and Amber Macintyre about their research and insights into the various complexities of (social) media capture during the Forum Media…

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  • Panel: Internet Governance Forum, Paris

    On November 12, I was joined by Ephraim Kenyanito, Shashank Mohan, and Solana Larsen at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to talk about whether it has become a luxury to disconnect during the 2018 Internet Governance Forum. It was a fantastic, insightful panel, one with plenty of personal stories sharing our individual passions to protect…

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  • Keynote: Smart City Arena, Frankfurt am Main

    Am 18. September war ich eingeladen auf dem 12. Bundeskongress für nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik zum Thema “Datenschutz und Smart Cities” zu sprechen. Die Möglichkeit, mich in diesen Aspekt von Digitalisierung — insbesondere aus dem Blickwinkel von “Luxury To Disconnect” — einzuarbeiten, war höchst interessant, weshalb ich den Beitrag auch veröffentliche. Die Verschriftlichung meines Vortrages ist hier…

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  • Keynote: GIZ Fachtage 2018

    Vortrag zum Thema “Digitalisierung: Auswirkungen auf Governance und Konflikt?”.

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  • Panel: CyFy Africa, Tangier

    Panel with Samir Saran, Ephraim Kenyanito, Sean Kanuck, and Fuoad Mouhyi on “How Personal is your data: surveillance capitalism and democracy in the 21st century?” Read more.

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  • Panel: Internet Freedom Festival, Valencia

    Panel on privacy and data protection in the age of biometrics with Lucy Purdon (Privacy International), Professor Kyung-Sin Park (Open Net Korea), ‘Gbenga Sesan (Paradigm Iniative Nigeria), Katitza Rodriguez (Electronic Frontier Foundation), moderated by Priyanka Chaudhuri (Software Freedom Law Centre) during the Internet Freedom Festival 2018, read more.

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  • Panel: hub.berlin, Berlin

    Joined a panel with Léa Steinacker (Wirtschaftswoche), Dr. Christoph Beier (GIZ), MD Miguel Berger (Federal Foreign Office) to discuss the potential for developing an international digital agenda. Watch video.

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  • Panel: MisInfoCon, London

    Joined a panel on geopolitical responses to misinformation with George Brock, Professor of Journalism, City University London; Dan Shefet, Attorney, Cabinet Shefet; and Claire Wardle, Strategy & Research Director, First Draft News as moderator. Read more here.

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  • Talk: Demokratie in Zeiten des digitalen Wandels: Vorschläge für eine zukunftsfähige Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

    Am 12. Januar 2017 habe ich auf Einladung zum GIZ-Mitarbeitertag der Gruppe Governance und Menschenrechte in Bonn diesen Vortrag als Denkanstoß gehalten und anschließend diskutiert. Demokratie funktioniert nur dann, wenn sie von informierten, mündigen Bürgern getragen wird. 2016 war in diesem Sinne kein leichtes und schon gar kein euphorisches Jahr: Brexit, Trump, die Flüchtlingskrise und…

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  • Article: Power in the Digital Age

    Cathleen Berger explores how giant data-driven companies are challenging old ideas about power and accountability, and what should be done about it. Read full piece on Global Policy Journal.

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Cathleen Berger