Regulation

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Technological developments continue to present challenges to legislators. International requirements rub up against national conditions. What are the opportunities and the limits of regulation by governments?

Digital Fundamental Rights “In political terms the discussion is necessary”

Society has been changing. Photo (detail): © bluraz - Fotolia.com Do our fundamental rights protect people in the digital age? Digital experts from Germany have tried to find an answer – with the Charter of Fundamental Digital Rights of the European Union. An interview with co-initiator Wolfgang Kleinwächter.

Data Protection Life as a raw material

There are still high standards of data protection in Germany. Photo (detail): © © kras99 – Fotolia.com On the Internet, we inevitably leave a lot of data. For a long time Germany was a pioneer in data protection. This could change now.

Data Safety Data Privacy Made in Germany

Data privacy Photo (detail): © momius - Fotolia.com Data privacy protection laws are stricter in Germany than anywhere else. While scoffed at in the US, this attitude could be decisive for urgently needed reforms.

Digital Agitation Hate on the Internet

Cyber mobbing – many people are affected Photo: © Clark and Company/iStock Cyber mobbing and aggressive online commentaries can have serious consequences for those affected and promote further aggression. Verbal abuse on the Internet in Germany is attracting the attention of politicians and legal experts.

The digitisation of politics The new openness

Politics and the internet Photo: © Blablo101/iStock Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat – social networks are becoming the most important platform for political communication in Germany. Though this is not without its downsides.

An Interview with Petra Grimm “An Internet Without Ethics Cannot Function.”

Prof. Dr. Petra Grimm Photo (detail): © Radmila Kerl Offensive comments, shocking images – does this mean we need new ethical standards for the digital world? This interview with Petra Grimm, professor for media studies and Head of the Institute for Digital Ethics in Stuttgart, will cast more light on the subject.

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