- July 05, 2024
- 14:00
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- July 05, 2024
- 15:30
Social Media has become an integral part to our political discourse: for many people, it is one of the main ways in which they interact with political campaigns, civil society organizations and even news coverage about the political sphere. Indeed, traditional and social media have become inseparably intertwined, constantly reacting to each other in the 24-hour news cyle. The political discourse all over the world, including the lead-up to the U.S. elections, has been majorly influenced by this system. What are the new opportunities and pitfalls of political discourse online? How do the corporate interests of technology companies interact with the democratic processes that they host? What should be the role of regulators in this complex system? Join our event to hear about the German and U.S. perspectives on these topical questions. Join the discussion with speakers Megan Shahi, Director of Technology Policy at the Center for American Progress (CAP), and Benjamin Brake, Head of the Digital and Data Policy directorate-general at the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), moderated by Stormy-Annika Mildner Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Germany.
