Making sense of our connected world
The principle of ‘Datensparsamkeit’
The concept of ‘Datensparsamkeit” is codified in German data protection law and proposed for European law. It’s a term difficult to find a proper translation for. It could be translated…
Multistakeholder as Governance Groups: New Study by Global Network of Internet and Society Centers
The Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC) and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University are pleased to announce the release of a new…
Disobey 2.0 – civil disobedience in a digitized world
Until today the case of Aaron Swartz leaves the ones who knew him – and many others who admire him – in despair. He was threatened with 35 years of…
Governing Privacy: Political, Legal, and Technological Developments
In October 2014, researchers of the interdisciplinary »Global Privacy Governance« cooperation network (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society) held a workshop entitled »Private…
Snappening, celebrity nudes and NSA spying – the myth of personal responsibility towards protection of privacy
The article is published in German. Im neuen Roman ‚The Circle‘ von Dave Eggers wird das Credo ‚Privacy is Theft‘ zum neuen gesellschaftlichen Leitmotiv. Die totale Transparenz des Menschen und die…
Private Information – Open Debates @ ESRC 2014
By Ulrike Höppner and Jörg Pohle. The workshop »Private information – Open Debates« was part of the »Global Privacy Governance« project and focused specifically on the governance aspect of global privacy…
Surveillance
The state monitors its citizens, Internet companies monitor their users – and finally we monitor ourselves and each other. Who is monitoring whom and why? What positive effects can surveillance have and when does it become a danger for a democratic society? Questions like these were posed by students of the Humboldt University of Berlin in the seminar “Tracing Surveillance – On the Trace of Surveillance” led by HIIG researcher Thomas Christian Bächle. In the contributions to this dossier they discuss their views on state and economic power and surveillance technologies.
How COVID-19 impacts digital technologies
The current lockdown is boosting online activity – everything is increasingly shifting to the digital sphere. In this dossier we ask if, how and why the Corona pandemic will affect key subjects of digital technologies. What does this mean for the regulation of content on digital platforms? How is Covid-19 activating the digital society? How does it transform our online culture? How safe are tracing apps? What lessons can be learned regarding cyber security? Busy times for our researchers!
