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Special Issue on political micro-targeting
Since Cambridge Analytics, micro-targeting is hyped as a tool capable of tailoring political messages to individuals. Shifting the focus away from the US, Internet Policy Review's new special issue takes a closer look on its capabilities and limitations.
Dossier: Algorithmic decisions and human rights
From smart assistants in the justice, over systems in the administration sector to highly developed portable devices: Innovations in AI are impacting nearly every area of our life. However, algorithmic decision-making leads to complex human rights implications. Our new dossier discusses the role of law and ethics.
Workshop: AI & governing communication online
Artificial intelligence technology has increasingly found applications in the area of content moderation and communication governance on digital platforms. What are the risks for online expression? What future impact will AI systems have on access to information? Apply until 25 January!
Democracy and public sphere in the digital society
What happens with our central democratic values like freedom, equality and truth in the digital society?How does the public sphere fulfill its function of forming a societal self-understanding in times of hate speech and fake news? Upcoming lecture with Christoph Neuberger on 30 January 2018. Sign up now!
Digitaler Salon: App’s Anatomy
The doctors in the phone track our cycle or analyse the blood sugar level. Have family physicians become obsolete and do digital tools turn us into hypochondriacs? On 31 January 2018, we will discuss artificial intelligence systems for medicine at Digitaler Salon. Join us!
Happy new year!
What was your favorite HIIG moment in 2017? Our advent calendar gives you a glimpse of the past year's research and hot topics in 2018. Thank you so much for following our work and supporting us. We wish you a joyful start into 2018!
Otfried Jarren honored by Schader-Stiftung
The HIIG congratulates Otfried Jarren, chairman of the foundation board of the Foundation for Internet and Society, which supports the institute, for his award by the Schader-Stiftung for his contributions to media politics and his achievements as a scienctific manager.
Workshop: Nudging and Digital Platforms
Are digital platforms the new ‘iron cages’ of society? Will Big-Data-based nudging lead us into a technocratic future of cyber-social control? Is China’s Social Credit System but the forerunner of similar systems in Western societies? Sign up for our workshop on 10 January 2018!
Video: Manuel Castells in Berlin
On 12 December, the influential sociologist Manuel Castells inaugurated our new academic lecture series on “Making sense of the digital society“ at Kino International Berlin. Now, the video of his lecture on power and counter-power in the digital society is available online!
Castells inaugurates lecture series on digital society
The current rapid social and technological change brings about enormous uncertainties – a great need for explanations and sense-making but also of shaping our common future. Starting with an inaugural lecture by Manuel Castells on 12 December 2017, the lecture series addresses fundamental questions of the digital age.
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