DSA – New rules for the internet
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Digital technologies enable us to communicate, travel, work, learn, study and socialize better – across national borders. According to the principles of the Internet, digital networking ensures more participation, more involvement, more knowledge for all and thus puts our democracy on a broader basis.
But in recent years, digital technologies have been used to concentrate power and wealth in a few hands. Google, Facebook and Co. control ever larger parts of the economy and the shaping of political opinions in Western countries. In China, digitization is being used to totally control society, so that any dissent can be nipped in the bud.
More than ever, we need freedom and justice. I am fighting for a solidary, green and feminist digitalization – for everyone.
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Europe Calling “DSA Deal: A constitution for the internet!”
Digital Markets Act
Green Light for Digital – The new German Government’s coalition agreement
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Digital Future Summit – Lobbying and Big Tech
Tech your pick: New rules for online advertising
Webinar “Surveillance capitalism”
Women in politics – Combating online abuse
Webinar: Wege aus der Cookie-Falle
#EUDigitalManifesto – Closing the Digital Gender Gap – Panel 3
#EUDigitalManifesto – Closing the Digital Gender Gap – Panel 2
#EUDigitalManifesto – Closing the Digital Gender Gap – Panel 1
Democratic Scrutiny of Social Media and the Protection of Fundamental Rights
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5.December 2024
TikTok interferes with Romanian election to push extreme-right, pro-Putin candidate
Dear friends! The reports from Romania are extremely worrying. According to the latest press reports, declassified documents by Romania’s National Security Council show that videos supporting extreme-right, pro-Putin presidential candidate Călin Georgescu were pushed out in “swarms” on TikTok. The documents revealed that Georgescu’s campaign gained from a large-scale, coordinated social media effort, which seemed […]
6.November 2024
US election: My appeal for European courage to do things differently
Dear friends, I want to be completely honest with you: writing this email to you is difficult. Continuing on with the next EU Commission hearings this morning is difficult. Reading the worried messages from my friends in the US is extremely difficult. The election of Donald Trump has left us all waking up to a […]
10.November 2023
Political advertising in the EU: fit for the digital age
The EU has agreed on new rules for political advertising to better protect elections across Europe. They include clear transparency obligations and restrictions to so-called “targeting” techniques. In the night of 7 November 2023, the EU co-legislators reached a provisional agreement. The Regulation was needed to ensure that advertising technologies cannot be used to spread disinformation […]
16.October 2023
My Parliamentary Questions to the EU Commission on lobbying and microtargeting practices around the Regulation to combat child abuse material
On 11 May 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for rules to prevent and combat child abuse. The vote in the lead Committee of the EU Parliament (LIBE) on the compromises is scheduled to take place on 26 October, the vote in Council has been postponed following a blocking minority in September. Following recent […]
24.April 2022
The DSA deal: A gamechanger for our lives, society and the internet
The Digital Services Act will become the new digital constitution for Europe.
25.March 2022
DMA: Fairness and democratic rules for the European digital market
After about eight hours of negotiations, at the last trilogue the Commission, Parliament and Council agreed on regulations to boost competition and ensure that European companies can get a look in again. The most important goal has also been achieved.
18.January 2022
How will the DSA change the world?
The Digital Services Act will become the new digital constitution for Europe.
14.December 2021
Digital Services Act: Greens/EFA successes
On 14 December 2021, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee of the European Parliament adopted its report on the Digital Services Act. It is a crucial piece of legislation for the digital world which could set a gold standard for content regulation globally. The following provides an overview of the provisions successfully pushed […]
2.December 2021
Disproportionate surveillance in the refugee camps – My Open Letter to the EU Commission
The inhumane conditions in the camps for refugees on the Greek islands have horrified us all, but so have the methods used to monitor the inhabitants. In the camps, the surveillance system CENTAUR is deployed, which monitors the residents around the clock with cameras, drones, X-ray scanners, electronic exit controls and loudspeakers. It is financed […]
25.November 2021
My assessment of the Council’s position on the DSA
We urgently need strict rules concerning the transparency of large platforms in Europe.
