Democracy
The Internet has become the central place for democratic negotiation processes, where we have to fight for our freedoms and rights more than ever before. Society has a right to have a say on the rules in this great market place. We need more participation, more interference and more knowledge for all to put our democracy on a broader basis.
Themed Videos
In line with this topic
Zuckerberg meets Virkunnen – Facebook class action lawsuit underway in Germany
Join the Facebook class action lawsuit now (German residents only)! Dear friends! This meeting is a big one. Today, Henna Virkunnen, Vice-President of the European Commission for Technical Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, meets wth Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, in the United States. After the €200 million fine for Facebook’s anti-competitive practices in April, the […]
Independence ≠ Pandering
Dear friends! On this Europe Day, I am writing to you with joy in my heart about this day. 75 years after the Schuman Declaration and 80 years after the end of the war, we in Europe can be proud of what we have achieved. But this day is also a mission. Because the powers […]
EU countries are harming European competitiveness by bowing to Trump on global minimum tax
Dear friends! If I didn’t believe so strongly in Europe, I would be despairing: just last week, the EU Commission finally imposed penalties on US corporations Apple and Meta for distorting competition, only to do exactly the opposite this week and throw the European economy under the bus. What happened? Today it was announced that […]
A good day for the digital rule of law – EU Commission enforces DMA against Apple and Meta
Dear friends, Last week marked an important step for the digital rule of law in Europe. On Wednesday, the European Commission imposed penalties under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for the first time. Apple must pay €500 million for preventing app developers from informing users about cheaper offers outside the App Store. It is very […]
Europe Calling “Free opinions? – How X and TikTok influenced the German federal election”
Register here! Dear friends! Free and fair elections require not only the ballot box but also the space in which people form their voting decisions beforehand. In view of X-owner Musk’s support for the AfD and Zuckerberg and TikTok’s cosy relationship with Trump, one question is becoming increasingly important: Is the way information reaches people […]
Turkey: Elon Musk is restricting freedom of expression
Dear friends, Elon Musk is once again showing his true colours. He doesn’t care about the freedom of expression, but only about the suppression of democratic voices. In Turkey, he has blocked over 300 accounts used by the country’s democratic opposition to protest the unlawful arrest of presidential candidate İmamoğlu. Musk is working with dictator […]
Behind the deliberate infection of ChatGPT & Co. with Russian propaganda
Dear friends, This report from the disinformation experts at ‘NewsGuard’ is really something. If you have 10 minutes today, read this report here. The study examined 10 AI chatbots such as ChatGPT or Copilot to see if they spread disinformation from the pro-Kremlin propaganda network ‘Pravda’. The result: depending on the chatbot, 6% to over […]
Trump/Musk: These words are now forbidden
Dear friends! Woman. Black. LGBT. Climate. Bias. Equality. These words are now forbidden for many scientists in the USA. White and Man, on the other hand, are not on the list of forbidden words that the National Science Foundation (NSF) is now scanning all funding applications and publications for. You can find the entire list […]
So much for freedom of expression: Musk’s algorithm favours far-right and pro-Putin German parties on X/Twitter
Dear friends and followers, Why am I actually being shown this? This is a question that everyone who is active on social media asks themselves. Now, a new study by researchers from Germany, Ireland and the USA, using X/Twitter as an example, shows how strongly the algorithm favours the content of some German parties ahead […]
Tariffs, Gaza, Greenland? Or how to obscure the takeover of the US government by tech billionaires.
Dear Friends, Trump, Bannon and Musk have done it: the whole world is talking about trade wars, tariffs, and today a US occupation of Gaza. In recent weeks, it has been Canada, Mexico and Greenland. Every day there are several more super stories, each one wilder than the last. The new reports come so fast […]
Three urgent measures against Musk, Zuckerberg and Trump
Dear friends! This Tuesday, the European Parliament discussed for nearly three hours the “Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms.” I was able to directly address the responsible EU Commission Vice President Virkkunen as first speaker for our Greens/EFA group. I […]
Crypto-Coin $TRUMP: A scam that makes him billions and drives the USA into the hands of Iran, Russia and Co.
Dear friends, In the face of all the havoc, this news is at risk of being largely ignored. Yet it could threaten our security like no other. What happened? Last Friday, just four days before his inauguration on Monday, Donald Trump launched a crypto coin called $TRUMP. Within a few hours, the price of this […]
