Panel Discussion: Demokratie und Zusammenhalt . Wie stärken wir die digitale Zivilgesellschaft?

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With Renate Künast . Member of the Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens / Dr. Thorsten Lieb . Member of Parliament, FDP / Dr. Ellen Madeker . Head of Public Policy DACH & CEE, Airbnb / Anna-Lena von Hodenberg . Managing Director, HateAid

Moderation Thembi Wolf . Journalist

Freeadmission , please register by 25 Nov

Admission 19:45 / Language German

Afterwards the exhibition can be visited until 22:00

In the beginning there was utopia: infinite possibilities through new digital developments and an internet where people could try things out and meet each other. Hopes were high, but today's reality is sobering: our times are characterized by uncertainty and upheaval.

How, of all things, the supposedly grassroots democratic space of the internet has become the place from which our democracy is being undermined today. The internet is now being used strategically to spread hatred, agitation and disinformation. It is time to look back and forward at the same time and ask ourselves the question: Where did we originally want to go, where are we today and where do we go from here?

Panel participants Renate Künast, Dr. Thorsten Lieb, Dr. Ellen Madeker and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg will discuss what lessons we can learn from the hopes of the past and how we can once again develop a positive vision for (digital) society in light of the rapid technological developments of the present.

Renate Künast is a politician, lawyer and social worker. From 2000 to 2001, she was Federal Chairwoman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and from 2001 to 2005 Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture; from 2005 to 2013 Chairwoman of her party's parliamentary group in the Bundestag and from 2014 to 2017 Chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection. She has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002 and lives in Berlin. She has been Vice President of the German Library Association since 2022. She successfully lodged a constitutional complaint in proceedings against Meta/Facebook before the Federal Constitutional Court on the grounds that it is in the public interest to protect the personal rights of public officials. In a further lawsuit against Meta/Facebook, she succeeded in having the platform proactively take care of the removal of core-like repetitions of prohibited content (not yet legally binding).

Dr. Thorsten Lieb (FDP) has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2021. After studying law and obtaining a doctorate in business law, he became politically active at local level. His legal practice focuses on trademark law, IT law, copyright law and litigation. As a passionate liberal and European, freedom, the safeguarding of liberal democracy, opportunities for advancement and participation for all and the future of the European Union are particularly close to his heart.

Dr. Ellen Madeker has been Head of Public Policy for DACH, Central and Eastern Europe at Airbnb since May 2021. Dr. Madeker previously worked at the German Travel Association (DRV), where she was responsible for the association's future issues as Head of Strategy. Before that, Dr. Madeker, who holds a doctorate in sociology, worked for seven years in Brussels for the Hessian State Representation to the European Union and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in various positions.

Anna-Lena von Hodenberg is a trained journalist and has worked for RTL and NDR, among others. She received the Digital Female Leader Award in 2020, was named one of the "Top 40 under 40" by Capital magazine in 2021 and was appointed an Ashoka Fellow. In 2018, she founded HateAid gGmbH together with Campact e. V., Fearless Democracy e. V. and a fully qualified lawyer committed to fighting right-wing violence. The non-profit organization she runs is committed to human rights in the digital space.

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