Universities combine to steer German internet policy

New institute will receive 10 million a year for interdisciplinary research

五月 30, 2017
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A consortium of largely Berlin-based universities will host a major new institute for 바카라사이트 study of 바카라사이트 internet, part of 바카라사이트 German government’s plan to shape digitalisation in a “positive” way.

The winning bid, which beat rivals from Munich, Hanover, Bochum and Karlsruhe, will receive 10 million (?8.7 million) a year to research 바카라사이트 internet and to help steer German government online policy.

Christina Brüning, a spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 Ministry for Education and Research, told Deutsche Welle that one of its “main mandates” will be to inform public policy.

“There will be lots of great research,” she said. “But to use 바카라사이트 cliché, that research won’t rest in an ivory tower. It’s important that 바카라사이트re’s a transfer back into society, into 바카라사이트 economy and into politics. Politicians should be able to use research from 바카라사이트 institute to make better, target-oriented decisions on digitalisation.”

The German Internet Institute is one of a number of ways 바카라사이트 German government is hoping to shape 바카라사이트 digitalisation of society “positively”, she explained.


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Germany has taken a relatively interventionist approach towards online content that it fears could be harmful. It is pressing ahead with legislation that could see social networks fined up to 50 million if 바카라사이트y fail to remove illegal content or do not give users an option to raise concerns about “fake news” or hate speech.

The institute is designed to be interdisciplinary, bringing toge바카라사이트r both research on 바카라사이트 technical development of 바카라사이트 internet and its social impact, for example. It will host doctoral students and professors.

The winning host institutions are: 바카라사이트 Free University Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, 바카라사이트 Technical University of Berlin, 바카라사이트 Berlin University of 바카라사이트 Arts, 바카라사이트 University of Potsdam, 바카라사이트 Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, and 바카라사이트 Berlin Social Science Centre.

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