Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Impetus for the digital society

NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTE

Transcript

Autocratisation in public spaces

Jeanette Hofmann’s lecture on the close connection between disinformation and populist politics is now available to read. (In German)

Open Educational Resource

Zine: What does the DSA do?

Our zine explains how the EU’s Digital Services Act works, why it matters, and what actions you can take against hate speech or disinformation.

Call for Papers

Big tech in global security governance

The Internet Policy Review is inviting papers for a special issue on Big Tech’s growing role in international security. Abstracts due by 21 September.

Press

AI voices: Deceptively real?

On Bayerischer Rundfunk, media economist Philip Meier talks to other experts about the cloning of human voices.

Job Posting

Voluntary Year in Research (FJN)

Experience research after your A-levels? Apply now and experience science communication, digitalisation and exciting projects from September 2025.

Call for Contributions

Science under pressure

Funding cuts, political interference, shrinking trust: This call invites reflections on visible symptoms and underlying dynamics of the forces that alter academia.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Further events

RESEARCH ISSUES IN FOCUS

Platform governance

In our research on platform governance, we investigate how corporate goals and social values can be balanced on online platforms.

Du siehst eine Tastatur auf der eine Taste rot gefärbt ist und auf der „Control“ steht. Eine bildliche Metapher für die Regulierung von digitalen Plattformen im Internet und Data Governance. You see a keyboard on which one key is coloured red and says "Control". A figurative metaphor for the regulation of digital platforms on the internet and data governance.

Data governance

We develop robust data governance frameworks and models to provide practical solutions for good data governance policies.

Du siehst Eisenbahnschienen. Die vielen verschiedenen Abzweigungen symbolisieren die Entscheidungsmöglichkeiten von Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Gesellschaft. Manche gehen nach oben, unten, rechts. Manche enden auch in Sackgassen. Englisch: You see railway tracks. The many different branches symbolise the decision-making possibilities of artificial intelligence and society. Some go up, down, to the right. Some also end in dead ends.

Artificial intelligence and society

The future of artificial Intelligence and society operates in diverse societal contexts. What can we learn from its political, social and cultural facets?