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Wir suchen ab sofort für den Forschungsbereich Internetbasierte Innovation eine/n wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in im Themenfeld Geschäftsmodellinnovation. Bei uns übernehmen Sie die Projektleitung und bringen gemeinsam mit anderen Partnern die…
15. @kit-Kongress – 5. Forum “Kommunikation & Recht” Internet und Recht und Freiheit
On 14 and 15 April the 15. @kit-Kongress – 5. Forum „Kommunikation und Recht“ with the title „Internet und Recht und Freiheit“ will take place in…
FES publication: Die Macht der Informationsintermediäre
Search engines and social networks are increasingly more important among political opinion-forming media. In a new publication by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung our researchers Kevin Dankert and Wolfgang Schulz…
The Role of Regulatory Authorities in the Governance of Data Protection
HIIG is organizing an interdisciplinary workshop on the role Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in the governance of privacy and data protection on 20 May. We are…
Digitaler Salon: It’s a Match
Love at first swipe: dating platforms promise you to find the big love, passionate affaire and the intellectual discussion partner. We want to discuss…
HIIG has a new home
In February, we moved not far from our former offices to Französische Straße, 10117 Berlin. We would be glad if you visit us in…
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Our new handbook provides guidance on the legally compliant and efficient use of data for administrations.
Cards on the table: Making sense of the Digital Services Act
This article revisits the origins and core mechanisms of the Digital Services Act and asks what lessons they hold for the upcoming review process.
Why data protection doesn’t protect data, but people
This article explains why “data protection” is something of a misnomer, and why the main responsibility for making it work doesn’t rest with users alone.
Can AI strengthen democracy? A data collection on AI projects aiming to serve democratic processes
This article introduces a dataset of 98 AI projects claiming to serve democracy, built to help researchers test these claims.