Our upcoming RightsCon session
For the upcoming RightsCon, I’m co-hosting a joint session with Stiftung Mercator (who I work with) and European AI Fund (who I served as interim director for recently,…
Category: digital rights
Will Europe be able to enforce the new internet regulation frameworks DMA and DSA?
Europe is revamping internet regulation as we know it, with ambitious (if, in some areas, dangerously vague) new rights acts Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act…
A limit of openness: Controlling data flows
Openness has been a founding pillar of the web: open source, open data, free culture all have been driving forces for a thriving internet. Increasingly, we’re seeing the…
A first glimpse at the new German government roadmap
Germany has a new governing coalition—and with this 3 party combination of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens (B90/Grüne) and Liberals (FDP), it’s a first. I was skeptical about the…
We need to transition to clean advertisement
We need to move from dirty advertising to clean advertising. The best way to do so is to ditch personalized ads and move towards content-based ads. Just like…
Quick Thoughts on the Metaverse
For some time now, the term metaverse has been the hottest buzz word in tech, giving even stalwarts like blockchain and NFTs a run for their money. All…
CSR Magazin: Freie Technologien für die Gesellschaft
Im CSR Magazin wurde eine überarbeitete Version unseres Artikels zu Open Source Hardware veröffentlich. Den Artikel hatte ich gemeinsam mit meinen Co-Autoren Stephan Bohn und Hendrik Send vom…