Feb 25, 2021We love to disagree — with humanIDIn celebration of our upcoming cooperation we talked with Bastian Purrer about bot networks, the weaponization of free speech and Facebook in 2030. — Hi Basti! Thanks for writing this together with me. On behalf of the whole community I am looking forward to seeing your anonymous single sign on authenticating individuals using the Polarizer.io prototype. You developed the idea of humanID whilst working for a political campaign in Indonesia. …Free Speech5 min read
Jun 30, 2020Digital Peace Talks Interviews (No. IV)Series of expert interviews to evaluate the concept of DPT Vincent Peyrègne Vincent is president of the World Association of News Publishers since 2012. Among many others, his duties include the fight for the freedom of the press and fostering innovations in public communication. Vincent, thank you for this opportunity to speak…2 min read
Apr 14, 2020Digital Peace Talks Interviews (No. II)Series of expert interviews to evaluate the concept of DPT Lucas Dixon Lucas is an expert in text classification. He is interested in technology that enables good discussions at large. This is his private opinion. Lucas, you looked into classifying the toxicity of comments. Which up- and downsides did you find regarding…Machine Learning4 min read
Apr 14, 2020A Use Case for Digital Peace TalksDigital Peace Talks (DPT) is a social enterprise. This is how we intend to market our free and open source software. — While there will always be a free and open DPT instance for everybody to join and discuss topics, our main focus will be on supporting municipalities with an open and safe platform for discourse. Neither commercial platforms like Twitter and Facebook, nor open source tools like discourse.org …Hate Speech4 min read
Apr 12, 2020Is Digital Peace Talks meant to replace Facebook?There already is a platform to discuss, get heard and learn about perspectives, right? Sure, Facebook is great to stay up to date with your friends or to create traction for a cause. But it sucks when it comes to online discussions on controversial topics. Such discussions almost certainly become…Facebook2 min read
Apr 10, 2020Digital Peace Talks Interviews (No. II)Series of expert interviews to evaluate the concept of DPT. Jannis Jost Jannis is researching (de-)radicalisation on the intersection of identity, needs and emotions at the Institute for Security Policy at the University of Kiel. He is editor of the “Terrorism Yearbook”, a standard reference book for current developments in the field…5 min read
Apr 8, 2020Digital Peace Talks Interviews (No. I)Series of expert interviews to evaluate the concept of DPT. Tobias Rothmund Tobias is Professor for Psychology in Communication and Media Use. His research interests are located in the intersection between personality research, political psychology and mass media communication. Hi Tobias, thank you very much for taking the time to talk with…Hate Speech3 min read
Published in Hacktivism·Jun 15, 2018Let’s Build a Universe of Opinionsthe quest for digital freedom of speech — “Believe me, it has been hotter on earth before and we are still here. It‘s just bullshit to sell us new stuff.” “Absolutley right man, climate…Trolls8 min read
