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Matthias C. Kettemann

Dr. Kettemann is head of the research programme ” Regulatory Structures and the Emergence of Rules in Online Spaces” at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research │ Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI). He leads a team of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers who investigate the rules under which new forms and practices of communication are realized in digital communication spaces, and especially in social networks. Dr. Kettemann previously led the projects “Crisis of Normativity and Normativity of the Crisis in the Internet” and “The Normative Order of the Internet” at the Cluster of Excellence “The Emergence of Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. He was a member of the directorate of the Cluster of Excellence, Convenor of the Frankfurt Colloquium for Internet Research, Co-Convenor of the “Norms, Plurality, Critique, Postdoctoral Dialogue Series” and founder and co-lead of the Research Focus “Internet and Society”.

Dr. Kettemann studied law in Graz and Geneva and was Fulbright and Boas Scholar at Harvard Law School (LL.M. 2010). In 2012 he received his doctorate at Karl-Franzens-University Graz for a thesis on the future of the individual in international law. From 2006 to 2013 he was lecturer at the Institute for International Law and International Relations of the University of Graz, where he continues to hold courses. Since October 2013, he has conducted research as post-doctoral fellow at the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” at the University of Frankfurt.

Dr. Kettemann has been co-chair of the Internet Rights & Principles Coalition, has done consultative work for the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency, and has acted as expert for several DAX companies and foundations on Internet regulation, cybersecurity and intellectual property law. He is editorial consultant for jusIT – Journal of Information Law and reviewer (inter alia) for  Computer Law & Security Review: The International Journal of Technology Law and Practice; Völkerrechtsblog. International Law and International Legal Thought, juridikum. zeitschrift für kritik | recht | gesellschaft,  Policy & Internet, First Monday and Political Communication. Dr. Kettemann is also an affiliate of the Network of Excellence in Internet Science and National Expert of the Internet & Jurisdiction Observatory. From 2015-2017 he was ad personam expert member and rapporteur of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Internet intermediaries.

Dr. Kettemann publishes regularly on legal issues of the Internet. He is author and (co-)editor of 16 books (including an introduction into the freedom of expression on the Internet that has been translated into three languages), 40+ articles in collected volumes and 50+ journal articles.

Porträt von Matthias Kettemann

Position

Associated Researcher, Head of Research Group

Contact

m.kettemann@leibniz-hbi.de

Books

Kettemann, M.C. (2020). The Normative Order of the Internet. A Theory of Online Rule and Regulation. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2020). Navigating Normative Orders. Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag. Publication details

Benedek, W., & Kettemann, M.C. (2020). Freedom of Expression on the Internet. Strasbourg, Frankreich: Europarat. Publication details

Wagner, B., Kettemann, M., & Vieth, K. (Eds.) (2019). Research Handbook on Human Rights and Digital Technology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. DOI: 10.4337/9781785367724 Publication details

Journal articles and conference proceedings

Mosene, K., & Kettemann, M. C. (2022). Noch einmal kurz die Welt retten: Machtkritische Perspektiven auf digitale Emanzipationsgewinne. Global Media Journal – German Edition (Bd. 11 Nr. 2 (2021): Herbst/Winter 2021)(Special Issue Global Digital Media from Intersectional, Queerfeminist and Post- and Decolonial Perspectives). Publication details

Makhortykh, M., Urman, A., Münch, F. V., Heldt, A., Dreyer, S., Kettemann, M. C. (2022). Not all who are bots are evil: A cross-platform analysis of automated agent governance. new media & society, 24(4), 964-981. DOI: 10.1177/14614448221079035 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C., Schulz, W., & Fertmann, M. (2021). Anspruch und Wirklichkeit der Plattformregulierung. Kommissionsentwürfe der Rechtsakte zu digitalen Diensten und Märkten. ZRP - Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik, 2021(54), 138-142. Publication details

Radu, R., Kettemann, M. C., Meyer, T., & Shahin, J. (2021). Normfare: norm entrepreneurship in internet governance. Telecommunications Policy, 45(6). DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102148 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C., Kraml, G., Rachinger, F., Rauchegger, C., & Tiedeke, A. S. (2021). Weltweite Löschpflichten für rechtswidrige Inhalte auf digitalen Plattformen vor dem österreichischen OGH. Der mühsame Weg zur Entfernung von Äußerungsrechtsverstößen in Social Media. Computer und Recht, 37(3), 154-159. DOI: 10.9785/cr-2021-370306 Publication details

Golia, A. Jr., Kettemann, M. C., & Kunz, R. (2021). International law and the internet. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, 81(3), 597-600. DOI: 10.17104/0044-2348-2021-3-597 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C., & Tiedeke, A. S. (2020). Online order in the age of many publics. Kybernetes, 50(4), 1004-1014. DOI: 10.1108/K-07-2020-0423 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C., & Tiedeke, A. S. (2020). Back up: can users sue platforms to reinstate deleted content? Internet Policy Review, 9(2). DOI: 10.14763/2020.2.1484 Publication details

Kettemann, M. (2019). Internationale Regeln für soziale Medien. Menschenrechte wahren und Desinformation bekämpfen. Global Governance Spotlight, 2(5), 1-4. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C., & Mosene, K. (2019). Hassrede und Katzenbilder: Ausgewählte menschenrechtliche Aspekte der Governance von Meinungsäußerungen im Internet. Linzer Schriften zu Gender und Recht, Bd 63: Hass im Netz – Grenzen digitaler Freiheit, 92-122. Publication details

Edited works

Kettemann, M. C., & Lachmayer, K. (2021). Pandemocracy in Europe. Power, Parliaments and People in Times of COVID-19. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing. Publication details

Mosene, K., Kettemann, M.C. (Eds.) (2019). Many Worlds, Many Nets, Many Visions. Berlin, Germany: Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Insitute. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. & Dreyer, S. (Eds.) (2019). Busted! The Truth About the 50 Most Common Internet Myths. Berlin, Germany: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology / Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute. Publication details

Kleinwächter, W. & Kettemann, M.C. & Senges, M. (Eds.) (2019). Towards a Global Framework for Cyber Peace and Digital Cooperation. An Agenda for the 2020s. Berlin, Germany: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Publication details

Schulz, W. & Kettemann, M.C. & Heldt, A.P. (2019). Probleme und Potenziale des NetzDG – ein Reader mit fünf HBI-Expertisen., Arbeitspapiere des HBI Nr. 48 Hamburg, Germany: Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut. Publication details

Book contributions and chapters

Kettemann, M. C., & Tiedeke, A. S. (2022). Cybersecurity and extraterritorial obligations of states. In M. Gibney, G. E. Türkelli, M. Krajewski, & W. Vandenhole (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations, 1 (pp. 404-418). London, England: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003090014 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2021). Mehrebenensystem. Digitalpolitik von technischen Standards über staatliche Normen bis zum digitalen Völkerrecht. In Chris Piallat, Der Wert der Digitalisierung (pp. 343-356). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. DOI: 10.14361/9783839456590-015 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2021). Making the internet work for humanity. In U. Werther-Pietsch, Powering Universalism: Future Global Governance (pp. 251-254). Vienna, Austria: Klein Publishing. Publication details

Fertmann, M., & Kettemann, M. C. (2021). Intermediaries vs. states or intermediaries and states: democracy in the post-intermediation age. In C. Neuberger, S. Friesike, M. Krzywdzinski & K. I. Eiermann (Eds.), Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2021 (pp. 76-82). Berlin, Germany: Weizenbaum Institut e.V. DOI: 10.34669/wi.cp/3.24 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C., & Tiedeke, A. S. (2021). Backup: podem os usuários processar as plataformas para restabelecer conteúdo removido? In R. Campos, G. Abboud, & N. Nery jr. (Eds.), Fake News e Regulação, 3 (pp. 365-384). Sao Paulo, Brazil: Thomson Reuters. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2020). Deontology of the Digital: The Normative Order of the Internet. In M. C. Kettemann, Navigating Normative Orders. Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 67-91). Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2020). Internet Governance. In D. Jahnel, P. Mader, & E. Staudegger (Eds.), Internetrecht, 4. Vienna: Verlag Österreich. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2020). Zum Zusammenhang von Digitalisierung, Cybersecurity und Demokratisierung. In U. Werther-Pietsch (Ed.), Kollektive Sicherheit 2030 - Globale Friedenssicherung im Wandel. Vienna, Austria: Landesverteidigungsakademie. Publication details

Kettemann, M. (2019). “This is Not a Drill”: International Law and Protection of Cybersecurity. In B. Wagner, M. Kettemann, & K. Vieth, Research Handbook of Human Rights and Digital Technology (pp. 113-128). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2019). Making Internet Access for All a Reality., K. Mosene & M.C. Kettemann (Eds.): Many Worlds. Many Nets. Many Visions. Critical Voices, Visions and Vectors for Internet Governance (pp. 42) Berlin, Germany: Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. & Mosene, K. (2019). Space for all, voice for all!, K. Mosene & M.C. Kettemann (Eds.): Many Worlds. Many Nets. Many Visions. Critical Voices, Visions and Vectors for Internet Governance (pp. 7-9) Berlin, Germany: Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2019). Busted! International law does not apply on the Internet., M.C. Kettemann & S. Dreyer (Eds.): Busted! The Truth About the 50 Most Common Internet Myths (pp. 22-24) Berlin, Germany: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology / Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. & Kleinwächter, W. & Senges, M. (2019). Implementing Sustainable Digital Cooperation: Towards Next Generation Internet Governance., M.C. Kettemann & W. Kleinwächter & M. Senges (Eds.): Towards a Global Framework for Cyber Peace and Digital Cooperation. An Agenda for the 2020s. (pp. 16-20) Berlin, Germany: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Publication details

Working paper

Asghari, H., Birner, N., Burchardt, A., Dicks, D., Fassbender, J., Feldhus, N., Hewett, F., Hofmann, V., Kettemann, M. C., Schulz, W., Simon, J., Stolberg-Larsen, J., & Züger, T. (2022). What to explain when explaining is difficult. An interdisciplinary primer on XAI and meaningful information in automated decision-making. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6375784 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. & Fertmann, M. (2022). Can Platforms Cancel Politicians? How States and Platforms Deal with Private Power over Public and Political Actors. An Exploratory Study of 15 Countries. East European Yearbook on Human Rights, 4(1). DOI: 10.5553/EEYHR/258977642021004001007 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2022). UNESCO-Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Conditions for the Implementation in Germany. German Commission for UNESCO. Publication details

Pirkova, E., Kettemann, M., Wisniak, M., Scheinin, M., Bevensee, E., Pentney, K., Woods, L., Heitz, L., Kostic, B., Rozgonyi, K., Sargeant, H., Haas, J., & Joler, V. (2022). Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence and Freedom of Expression. A Policy Manual. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Publication details

Fertmann, M., & Kettemann, M.C. (2021). Can platforms cancel politicians? How states and platforms deal with private power over political actors: an exploratory study of 15 countries. GDHRNet. DOI: 10.21241/ssoar.75127 Publication details

Kettemann, M. C., & Fertmann, M. (2021). Viral information: how states and platforms deal with Covid-19-related disinformation: an exploratory study of 20 countries. GDHRNet. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. & Fertmann, M. (2021). Viral Information. How States and Platforms Deal with Covid-19-Related Disinformation An Exploratory Study of 20 Countries. East European Yearbook on Human Rights, 4(1). DOI: 10.5553/EEYHR/258977642021004001005 Publication details

Kettemann, M.C., & Schulz, W. (2020). Setting Rules for 2.7 Billion. A (First) Look into Facebook’s Norm-Making System: Results of a Pilot Study. Working Papers of the Hans-Bredow-Institut | Works in Progress, # 1. Publication details

Tiedeke, A., Kettemann, M. C., Rachinger, F., Sekwenz, M., & Wagner, B. (2020). What can be said online in Germany and Austria? A legal and terms of service taxonomy. Arbeitspapiere des Hans-Bredow-Instituts | Works in Progress # 3. Publication details

Fischer, G., Kettemann, M. C., & Rachinger F. (2020). Così fan tutte: Some Comments on Austria’s Draft Communications Platforms Act. Graz Law Working Paper No 05-2020. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2020). Menschenrechte und politische Teilhabe im digitalen Zeitalter. Stellungnahme als Sachverständiger auf Einladung des Ausschusses für Menschenrechte und humanitäre Hilfe des Deutschen Bundestags. Arbeitspapiere des Hans-Bredow-Instituts | Works in Progress # 2. Publication details

Kettemann, M. (2019). Die normative Ordnung der Cyber-Sicherheit: Zum Potential von Cybersicherheitsnormen. Normative Orders Working Paper, 1/2019. Publication details

Other publications

Mosene, K., Dinar, C., & Kettemann, M. C. (2022). Digitale Räume. Leibniz-Magazin der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. Publication details

Birner, N., Hod, S., Kettemann, M. C., Pirang, A., & Stock, F. (Eds.) (2021). Increasing Fairness in Targeted Advertising. The Risk of Gender Stereotyping by Job Ad Algorithms, . Publication details

Hofmann, V., Kettemann, M. C., Böke, J., & Mosene, K. (2021). Wahl-Watching – Was du machen kannst, um den Online-Wahlkampf fairer zu machen. Media Research Blog. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C., & Koerrenz, N. (2021). Gesetze und Plattformregeln gegen Online-Radikalisierung. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2021). Ordnungsbildung in Online-Kommunikationsräumen. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Publication details

Hofmann, V., Dinar, C., Kettemann, M.C., Hinrichs, L., Böke, J., & Gradulewski, M. (2021). Governance by Geschäft: Recht und Macht der App Stores. Media Research Blog. Publication details

Butters, N., Bollmann, H., Hofmann, V., & Kettemann, M. (2021). Digitalisierung definieren: Eine Verteidigung ethischer Prinzipien im digitalen Zeitalter. Digital Society Blog. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C., Kleinwächter, W., Senges, M., Schweiger, J. (2020). Cross-Pollination in Cyberspace and the Internet Governance “Spaghetti-Ball”: How to Design a Global Mechanism for Digital Cooperation? CircleID. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C., Kleinwächter, W., Senges, M., & Schweiger, J. (2020). Comments on Recommendation 5A/B of the UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, How to Build an Enhanced Mechanism for Digital Cooperation. A Multistakeholder Statement from Germany. Global Cooperation Digital. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2020). Input Paper for the Stakeholder Dialogue on the Digital Cooperation Architecture. Missions Publiques (2020). Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2020). Wir brauchen eine solide Rechtfertigungs-Governance. Frankfurter interdisziplinäre Debatte Blog, 9.4.2020. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C., & Schulz, W. (2020). Fünf Jahre Haft für kritische Berichte? Ungarns Demokratie als Opfer von Corona. MEDIA RESEARCH BLOG - Der Blog des Leibniz-Instituts für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C., & Schulz, W. (2020). Inside Facebook, Tagesspiegel Background Digitalisierung & KI. Tagesspiegel Background Digitalisierung und KI, 31.1.2020. Publication details

Mosene, K., & Kettemann, M.C. (2020). Many worlds, many nets, many visions. HIIG encore | MAGAZINE ON INTERNET AND SOCIETY RESEARCH, VOLUME 2019/2020, 110-112. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C., & Dreyer, S. (2020). Busted! The truth about the 50 most common internet myths. HIIG encore | MAGAZINE ON INTERNET AND SOCIETY RESEARCH, 2019/2020, 142-146. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C., Kleinwächter, W., & Senges, M. (2020). Let’s build a better Internet. An Internet powered by the people and for the people. Digital Society Blog. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2020). It’s promising that things are moving in the direction of more cooperation. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Hrsg.), Wer regiert das Internet? (Berlin: FES, 2020), 26-30. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C., & Pirang, A. (2020). When scholars sprint, bad algorithms are on the run. Digital society blog. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C., Kreml, G., Rachinger, F., & Rauchegger, C. (2020). No “Censor for the World”. Clearing Up Misunderstandings on the Austrian Supreme Court’s Decision on Facebook’s Deletion Duties. Verfassungsblog. Publication details

Heldt, A., Kettemann, M. C., & Leerssen, P. (2020). The Sorrows of Scraping for Science: Why Platforms Struggle with Ensuring Data Access for Academics. Verfassungsblog. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2020). Giving the Law a “Like”? Comments on Austra’s Draft Communications Platform Law. Sustainable Computing Lab Blog. Publication details

Fischer, G., Kettemann, M. C., & Rachinger F. (2020). Stellungnahme zum Ministerialentwurf betreffend Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundesgesetz über Maßnahmen zum Schutz der Nutzer auf Kommunikationsplattformen erlassen wird (Kommunikationsplattformengesetz – KoPl-G). Republik Österreich - Parlament. Publication details

Fertmann, M., & Kettemann, M. C. (2020). Who is Zoom to Judge? HBI Media Research Blog. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2020). Republik.at: für eine Verfassung der Freiheit in der Digitalität. Österreich22. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2020). Ein Gesetz zum Liken: Mehr Pflichten für Internetriesen (Gastkommentar). Die Presse. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2020). Making Technology Great Again: How to Use Ethics to Save Digitalisation. Digital society blog. Publication details

Maranhāo, J., Campos, R., Kettemann, M. C., Abrusio, J., & Sartor, G. (2020). Como regular a moderação privada de conteúdo nos novos espaços públicos? Consultor Jurídico Blog. Publication details

Abrusio, J., Campos, R., Kettemann, M. C., & Wittner, F. (2020). Vigilância em massa ou combate à desinformação: o dilema do rastreamento. Consultor Jurídico Blog. Publication details

Heldt, A. P., Kettemann, M. C., & Tiedeke, A. S. (2020). Wer sagt, was wir online sagen können? HBI Media Research Blog. Publication details

Kettemann, M. C. (2020). Ein Menschenrechts-Update für das Internet. Tagesspiegel Background. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. & Dreyer, S. (2019). Stimmt’s? 50 Internetmythen auf dem Prüfstand. Digital society blog. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2019). Die echten Probleme falscher Nachrichten. Tagesspiegel Background Digitalisierung und KI, 10.9.2019. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2019). Good news, bad news, fake news, real news. The importance of trust in the age of information, disinformation and misinformation. Missions Publiques, Briefing materials for International Citizens’ Debates – „We, the Internet“, Paris/Berlin (Oktober 2019) / IGF Wiki. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2019). How an online order fights fragmentation. Digital society blog. Publication details

Kettemann, M.C. (2019). Ein Internet für alle Menschen. Tagesspiegel Background Digitalisierung und KI, 06.06.2019. Publication details

Kettemann M.C. & Mosene, K. (2019). IGF Wiki. IGF Wiki of the Internet Governance Forum 2019. Publication details

Mosene, K., Kettemann, M.C. (Eds.) (2019). Many Worlds. Many Nets. Many Visions. Critical Voices, Visions and Vectors for Internet Governance. Digital society blog. Publication details

Lectures and presentations

Regulation of AI: One Approach to Rule them All?
Ethics X AI. German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce and Embassy of Germany, Helsinki, Finland: 13.05.2022 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Digital rights of the future
Safeguarding human rights online for future generations. 60th Commission on Social Development 2022. UN Youth Delegates from Austria, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Peru, Slovenia, Switzerland and the United States of America, New York, USA: 17.02.2022

Matthias C. Kettemann

Wie geht's dem Internet?
62. UNESCO Vorstandsklausur (Session: Vorstellung der Studie zu den Universialitätsindikatoren). Deutsche UNESCO Kommission, Bonn, Germany: 22.10.2021

Wolfgang Schulz

Wie geht's dem Internet in Deutschland? Die UNESCO Internet-Universalitäts-Indikatoren zur Lage in Deuschland
re:publika 2021. re:publika. Station, Online, Berlin, Germany: 20.05.2021

Matthias C. Kettemann

The State of the Internet in Germany
Stockholm Internet Forum 2021 (Session: Building trust and advancing human rights: through evidence-based internet policies and internet universality). Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Online, Stockholm, Sweden: 12.05.2021

Matthias C. Kettemann

Wer bestimmt, was man sagen darf: Regelbildung in digitalen Kommunikationsräumen
Kriminologisches Kolloquium. Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen. Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen, Online, Hannover, Germany: 04.05.2021

Matthias C. Kettemann

Was (auch) Jurist*innen über KI wissen sollten: mehr (künstliche) Intelligenz für die juristische Ausbildung
The International Legal Informatics Symposium. Law Faculty of the University of Salzburg, Online, Salzburg, Austria: 26.02.2021

Matthias C. Kettemann

Soziale Medien und der Europarat
Der Deutsche Vorsitz im Europarat: Neue Technologien - eine Herausforderung für den öffentlichen Diskurs?. Online, Strasbourg, France: 16.12.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Grundrechtsschutz auf sozialen Netzen am Beispiel von TikTok
Bundesvorstand Junge Liberale. Online, Berlin, Germany: 15.12.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Digital Sovereignty – German and European Approaches
Digital Sovereignty – German and European Approaches. Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance, Thammasat University (Thailand). Online, Bangkok, Thailand: 18.11.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Menschenrechte 2.0 – Ethische und juristische Herausforderungen vor dem Hintergrund von KI und Digitalisierung
ETHIKUM, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart. ETHIKUM, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany: 12.11.2020 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Wie Plattformen und Staaten das Netz regulieren
Aktionstag "Digitaler Aktivismus und Protest". Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung. Online, Wiesbaden, Germany: 12.11.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Germany's Options Paper for the IGF+
[WebDebate #43] IGF+: What’s next. DiploFoundation. Online, Geneva/New York, Switzerland/USA: 03.11.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Country Report Germany
UNESCO Pre-Event for IGF 2020: “Improving evidence-based Internet policies: UNESCO’s launch of IGF Dynamic Coalition on Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators and presentation of national assessments”. Online, -, -: 02.11.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

International Internet Law and Cybersecurity
Diplomacy in Times of Change – What Drives Us Today”, Workshop im Rahmen der Internationalen Diplomatenausbildung. Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin, Germany: 29.10.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Going Solo? Sense and Sensibility of National Platform Laws in Light of the DSA Drafting Process
DSA Perspectives Lecture Series. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Institute for European Studies (IES), Brussels, Belgium: 29.10.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Meinungsmacht – juristische Perspektive
Symposium: Meinungsmacht im Internet – Informationsdistribution durch Angebots- und Nutzungsstrukturen. Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany: 05.10.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

External Interference with Election Campaigns – What are the limits under International Law?
Democracy - Fundamental Building-Block of the International Order?. German-French Joint Conference, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht & Société française pour le droit international, Politische Akademie Tutzing, Tutzing, Germany: 25.09.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

The Past, Present and Future of the NetzDG, Germany's Network Enforcement Act
Online Content Moderation and Data Localization Around the Globe. Istanbul Bilgi Universität, Istanbul, Turkey: 11.09.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Governing Communications Between 2,7 Billion Users: A Pilot Study of How Facebook Sets and Legitimizes its Content Moderation Rules
General Conference, ECPR. ECPR, Online, Austria: 26.08.2020 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Internet Governance – made in Germany?
Is a More Democratic Internet possible?. GIGA Forum, Hamburg, Germany: 19.08.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Ethics of Digitalisation
Ethics of Digitalisation (Session: Ethics of Digitalisation). Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, Digital Asia Hub. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany: 17.08.2020

Wolfgang Schulz, Katharina Mosene, Matthias Kettemann

Ethik der Digitialisierung aus europäischer Perspektive
Eröffnung des Mercator-Projekts “Ethik der Digitalisierung”. Bundespräsidialamt, Berlin, Germany: 17.08.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

The Experience of Germany
Advancing human rights in digital age by assessing R.O.A.M indicators at country level: Germany. RightsCon 2020 (online), -, -: 27.07.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Internetmythen. Recht und Realität im Netz
Eröffnungsveranstaltung “Disrupt Law”. Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany: 16.07.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

The Reform of the German Network Enforcement Act
"Fake news e regulacao. Armadilhas e saidas". Consultor Jurídico, -, Brasil: 10.07.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Data Protection and Digital Rights in 2020
Seminar, Youth International Governance Forum Deutschland. Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn, Germany: 22.06.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Do Many Cooks Make for a Good Broth? A First Dive into Facebook's Norm-Making Processes
Workshop on Empirical Approaches in Platform Governance Research. HIIG Berlin/Oxford University, Berlin/Oxford, Germany/England: 17.06.2020

Matthias C. Kettemann

Corona und die Menschenrechte
1. Digitaler Völkerrechtssalon: Die Corona-Krise und das Völkerrecht. University of Graz. Online, Graz, Austria: 04.06.2020 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Grotius goes Google: Potenziale und Probleme des Internetvölkerrechts
Trierer Gespräche 
zu Recht und Digitalisierung „Die digitale Dimension des Rechts“. Institut für Recht und Digitalisierung, Universität Trier, Trier, Germany: 07.01.2020 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Back up: Can Users Sue Platforms to Reinstate Deleted Content? A Comparative Study of US and German Jurisprudence
Internet Governance Forum 2019 (Session: Giganet Workshop). Estrel, Berlin, Germany: 25.11.2019 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Wer hat welche Macht im Internet?
re:publica19 (Session: DenkFabrik). re:publica / New Thinking. Station Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 06.05.2019 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Lunch Talk Series, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (Session: The Normative Order of the Internet: Norms, Actors and Normative Figurations). Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany: 07.03.2019 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Panels

Article 12 of the Digital Services Act: Terms and Conditions and Fundamental Rights
´Article 12 of the Digital Services Act: Terms and Conditions and Fundamental Rights. Universiteit van Amsterdam / European Commission. IVIR, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 25.02.2022

Matthias C. Kettemann

1. Digitaler Salon Technikwissenschaften: Krisentechnologien und Kooperationstechnik. Perspektiven auf die Rolle menschenzentrierter Technik bei der Krisenbewältigung. online, Berlin, Germany: 18.06.2020 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

China und die EU in der Digitalisierung: Werte, Wege, Wegweiser
Leibniz Media Lunch Talk: Der Corona-Effekt: Schlaglichter auf Technik und Recht in der Pandemiebekämpfung zwischen China und Europa. Leibniz Institute for Media Research │ Hans-Bredow-Institut, Online, Germany: 28.04.2020 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Moderation of workshops and panels

Workshop Courts as Law-makers for the Internet? - Limits and Potentials of Norm Entrepreneurship
Courts of the Future – The Future of Courts Between Automated Justice and Platform Jurisprudence. Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow- Institut (HBI), Private Ordering Observatory (PrObs), Baffi Carefin Center at Bocconi University, Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft. online, Hamburg, Germany: 22.04.2021

Wolfgang Schulz, Matthias C. Kettemann

Digital Ethics in Times of Crisis: Covid-19 and Access to Education and Learning Spaces
Research Sprint: Ethics of digitalisation. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, Digital Asia Hub. Berkman Klein Center, Online, USA: 05.10.2020

Wolfgang Schulz

AI and Content Moderation
Research Sprint: AI and Content Moderation. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, Digital Asia Hub. Online, Berlin, Germany: 17.08.2020

Wolfgang Schulz, Matthias Kettemann, Alexander Pirang, Christian Katzenbach

Organisation of events

Globalizing the European Media Order: The Brussels Effect in Times of Crisis
Insights and Power: Internet Scientists meet Platform Decision-Makers. with attending Vip: Wolfgang Schulz. 07.04.2022. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Leibniz Institute for Media Research I Hans-Bredow-Institute (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Globalizing the European Media Order: The Brussels Effect in Times of Crisis (High-Level Talk Insights and Power with Renate Nikolay, Head of Cabinet, European Commission)
Insights and Power: Internet Scientists meet Platform Decision-Makers. 07.04.2022. TIDE Hamburg YouTube channel, Hamburg, Germany. Co-Organised by: Leibniz Institute for Media Research I Hans-Bredow-Institute (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz

Great Expectations: What Research Expects from Platforms and Platforms from Research (High-Level Talk Insights and Power with Susan Wojcicki, CEO YouTube)
Insights and Power: Internet Scientists meet Platform Decision-Makers. 10.02.2022. TIDE Hamburg YouTube channel, Hamburg, Germany. Co-Organised by: Leibniz Institute for Media Research I Hans-Bredow-Institute (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz

Closing Event: Ethics of Digitalisation
with attending Vip: Sandra Cortesi, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University; Malavika Jayaram, Digital Asia Hub. From 07.02.2022 to 07.02.2022. Schloss Bellevue, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Office of the Federal President of Germany, Network of Centers, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Digital Asia Hub (International) Further information

Hanna-Sophie Bollmann, Vincent Hofmann, Nadine Birner, Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz

Innsbrucker Theoriekolloquium. Positionen zur Rechtstheorie als kritische Praxis
From 25.11.2021 to 02.06.2022. Online, Innsbruck, Austria. Co-Organised by: Hans-Bredow-Institut, Junges Forum Technikwissenschaften, Network of Internet and Society Research Centres (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Hosting Visionaries
From 05.11.2021 to 30.11.2021. Online, Hamburg, Germany. Co-Organised by: Hans-Bredow-Institut (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Innsbrucker Zukunftsgespräche. Innovation, Nachhaltigkeit und Verantwortung
From 21.10.2021 to 23.06.2022. Online, Innsbruck, Austria. Co-Organised by: Hans-Bredow-Institut, Junges Forum Technikwissenschaften, Network of Internet and Society Research Centres (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Innsbrucker Digitaldialog
From 14.10.2021 to 09.06.2022. Online, Innsbruck, Austria. Co-Organised by: Hans-Bredow-Institut, Junges Forum Technikwissenschaften, Network of Internet and Society Research Centres (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Roundtable: Data Governance in Digital Platform Economy
From 23.06.2021 to 23.06.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany. Co-Organised by: Oxford Internet Institute & European Commission (National)

Asal Dardan, Lea Erlenwein, Lena Starke, Tina Krell, Matthias C. Kettemann

Research Sprint – Toward an African Narrative on Digital Sovereignty
From 08.06.2021 to 27.07.2021. Online, South African Research Chair in Industrial Development at the University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa (International) Further information

Nadine Birner, Matthias C. Kettemann

Digital Rights in Context. Global Digital Human Rights Network Highlights Lecture Series
From 04.05.2021 to 25.01.2022. Online, Hamburg, Innsbruck, Tallinn, Germany, Estonia. Co-Organised by: Mart Susi (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Courts of the Future - The Future of Courts
From 22.04.2021 to 15.07.2021. Online, Hamburg, Germany. Co-Organised by: Hans-Bredow-Institut, Baffi Carefin Center der Universität Bocconi (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Workshop Courts as Law-makers for the Internet? - Limits and Potentials of Norm Entrepreneurship
Courts of the Future – The Future of Courts Between Automated Justice and Platform Jurisprudence. 22.04.2021. Online, Hamburg, Germany. Co-Organised by: Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow- Institut (HBI), Private Ordering Observatory (PrObs), Baffi Carefin Center at Bocconi University (International)

Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz

Clinic Closing Event – Increasing Fairness in Targeted Advertising
23.03.2021. Online, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (International)

Shlomi Hod, Friederike Stock, Nadine Birner, Matthias C. Kettemann, Alexander Pirang, Wolfgang Schulz

Digital Ideas Lunch Series: Law in the Algorithmic Society
From 03.03.2021 to 26.05.2021. Online, Online, Online. Co-Organised by: Humboldt Universität Berlin, University of Amsterdam, King's College London, Network of Internet and Society Research (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Research Clinic – Increasing fairness in targeted advertising – The risk of gender stereotyping by job ad algorithms
From 01.02.2021 to 14.02.2021. Online, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Deutschland (International)

Shlomi Hod, Friederike Stock, Nadine Birner, Matthias C. Kettemann, Alexander Pirang, Wolfgang Schulz

Völkerrechtslunch. Your Career in International Law
From 11.01.2021 to 17.05.2021. Online, Online, Online. Co-Organised by: MPIL Heidelberg, HBI, Völkerrechtsblog (National) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Ethische Aspekte in der Normung und Standardisierung von KI
06.11.2020. Online, Vienna, Austria (National)

Matthias C. Kettemann

Wie geht’s dem Internet in Deutschland?
05.11.2020. Online, Bonn, Germany. Co-Organised by: UNESCO Germany (National)

Matthias C. Kettemann

Digitalisierung, Cybersecurity und Internetdiplomatie
29.10.2020. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Auswärtiges Amt (National)

Matthias C. Kettemann

ZaöRV-Autor*innenworkshop (Sonderheft “International Law and the Internet”
From 15.10.2020 to 16.10.2020. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: MPIL Heidelberg (National)

Matthias C. Kettemann

GIGA Forum, Is a More Democratic Internet possible?
19.08.2020. Deutsches Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany (National)

Matthias C. Kettemann

1. Digitaler Salon Technikwissenschaften: Krisentechnologien und Kooperationstechnik. Perspektiven auf die Rolle menschenzentrierter Technik bei der Krisenbewältigung
From 18.06.2020 to 18.06.2020. Junge Forum: Technikwissenschaften (JF:TEC), Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg / online, Hamburg, Germany (National) Further information

Katharina Mosene, Matthias C. Kettemann

Corona und die Menschenrechte (Die Corona-Krise und das Völkerrecht)
1. Digitaler Völkerrechtssalon. From 04.06.2020 to 04.06.2020. Online, Graz, Austria. Co-Organised by: Institut für Völkerrecht und Internationale Beziehungen der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz • Alexander von Humboldt-Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin • Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Im Schatten von Corona: Pandemiebekämpfung durch digitale Medien in China und Europa
Leibniz Media Lunch Talk. From 28.04.2020 to 28.04.2020. Online, Hamburg, Germany. Co-Organised by: Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute (HBI) (National) Further information

Katharina Mosene, Matthias C. Kettemann

Lunch Talk: Smart City Digital Governance
with attending Vip: Ellen P. Goodman. 04.12.2019. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (International) Further information

Natasha Vukajlovic, Matthias C. Kettemann, Christian Grauvogel

Panel: Data-Driven Democracy: Ensuring Values in the Internet Age
Internet Governance Forum 2019. 27.11.2019. Estrel, Berlin, Germany (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Buchpräsentation: Busted! 50 Internet Myths
Internet Governance Forum 2019. with attending Vip: Stephan Dreyer. 26.11.2019. Estrel, Berlin, Germany (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Many Worlds. Many Nets. Many Visions - Critical Voices, Visions and Vectors for Internet Governance
Side Event: Internet Governance Forum 2019. with attending Vip: Nicole Shephard. 26.11.2019. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI), IGF Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance, netzforma*, Gunda-Werner-Institute, Centre for Internet and Human Rights (International) Further information

Katharina Mosene, Matthias C. Kettemann

Deliberating and bootstrapping the plan to evolve Internet Governance in the 2020s
Internet Governance Forum 2019. with attending Vip: Max Senges, Wolfgang Kleinwächter. 25.11.2019. Estrel, Berlin, Germany (International) Further information

Katharina Mosene, Matthias C. Kettemann

Künstliche Intelligenz: Wie lassen sich wirtschaftlicher Erfolg und Gemeinwohlinteressen zusammenbringen?
Internet Governance Forum Deutschland 2019. 11.09.2019. Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Horch, was kommt von draußen rein? Desinformation im Internet
Network & Politics Series #7. 10.09.2019. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Networks & Politics, Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (National) Further information

Katharina Mosene, Matthias C. Kettemann

Anforderungen an gute menschliche und algorithmische Entscheidungssysteme & Protecting the Global Digital Information Ecosystem
12.04.2019. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (National)

Matthias C. Kettemann

Is one hour enough to protect human rights online?
09.04.2019. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Deutschland (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Discussion with Prof. Martin Scheinin (EUI)
with attending Vip: Martin Scheinin. 09.04.2019. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (National) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

The Normative Order of the Internet: Norms, Actors and Normative Figurations – Lunch Talk with Matthias C. Kettemann
07.03.2019. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Deutschland (International) Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Participation as expert

Stakeholder-Dialog – Ethik der Digitalisierung
Stakeholder-Dialog – Ethik der Digitalisierung Stakeholder-Dialog – Ethik der Digitalisierung Berkman Klein Center, Digital Asia Hub. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany: 06.10.2021 Further information

Vincent Hofmann, Freya Hewett, Georg von Richthofen, Adrian Kopps, Bronwen Deacon, Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz

Explainable AI
Explainable AI Research Clinic – Explainable AI Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Coconat Gutshof, Bad Belzig, Germany: 08.09.2021 Further information

Vincent Hofmann, Jakob Stolberg-Larsen, Freya Hewett, Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz, Theresa Züger

Bots, die beißen: Völkerrechtliche Grenzen der staatlichen Nutzung sozialer Medien zur aktiven Cyberaußenpolitik
Horch, was kommt von draußen rein? Desinformation im Internet Network & Politics Series #7 Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany: 10.09.2019 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

How best to fight online hate speech: distributing responsibility between states and companies
Tackling illegal content online: safeguarding digital rights Internet Governance Forum 2019Estrel, Berlin, Germany: 26.11.2019 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Norms made in Europe: The European Regulatory Model for Data Protection as an Export Factor
Data-Driven Democracy: Ensuring Values in the Internet Age Internet Governance Forum 2019Estrel, Berlin, Germany: 27.11.2019 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Media appearances

Portrait von Matthias Kettemann (25.04.2022). Tagesspiegel Background
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Warum Algorithmen Nachhilfe in Fairness brauchen (05.05.2022). Der Standard
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Wie die EU eine digitale Zeitenwende einläuten will (25.04.2022). Horizont
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Mehr Fairness: Bundespräsident Steinmeier erhält Bericht zur Digitalisierung (07.02.2022). Deutschlandfunk
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Digitalethik: Auftrag für Steinmeiers zweite Amtszeit? (07.02.2022). Tagesspiegel Background
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Mehr Ethik in der digitalen Welt – was braucht es dafür? (07.02.2022). Deutschlandfunk Kultur
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Please prove that you are not a robot (24.11.2021). Der Tagesspiegel, Themenspeziale
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Mordaufruf per Messenger"Telegram hat den Bogen überspannt" (25.09.2021). NTV
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Wenn Maschinen moderieren (21.07.2021). TAZ
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Facebook wird zum Oldtimer (02.06.2021). Saarbrücker Zeitung
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Mit Twitter schnell zu aktuellen Infos (07.06.2021). Saarbrücker Zeitung
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Forscher: Karlsruhe mahnt mit Klimaurteil auch Schutz der Netzfreiheit an (23.05.2021). heise
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Private Macht und Private Gewaltenteilung (10.05.2021). Tagesspiegel Background
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Die Weltordnung des Digitalen (20.04.2021). Zeitschrift Vereinte Nationen
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Συμβαίνει στην Ευρώπη (20.04.2021). Ertflix
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Facebook auf PR-Reise. Beziehungsstatus: Es ist kompliziert. (01.04.2021). ZDF heute
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Keine Black-Box: Studie bringt Licht in Regeln von Facebook (28.01.2020). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Das Internet vergisst nicht – doch (02.12.2019). Deutschlandfunk
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Considerations on the High-Level Panel's "Internet Governance Forum Plus" Model (04.11.2019). Circle ID
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Datenethik-Kommission: IT-Wirtschaft warnt vor Generalverdacht gegen Algorithmen (25.10.2019). Heise
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POLITICO Pro Morning Tech, presented by Intel: Vestager’s second term — Parliament committee competence fights — Facebook’s oversight board (19.09.2019). POLITICO Morning Tech
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Die echten Probleme falscher Nachrichten (10.09.2019). Tagesspiegel
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Wer die Macht hat, hat die Möglichkeiten (07.05.2019). Süddeutsche Zeitung
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