What is in the public interest? Figuring out Internet intermediaries

June 13, 2016 - 5.00 to 6.00 pm, Global Media Forum (in cooperation with Deutsche Welle), Bonn Internet intermediaries, such as Facebook, Google or Twitter, guide users through the web of information and knowledge. For journalists, intermediaries have become essential as they provide access to and distribution of journalistic content.

Taking over from the power of "traditional media," these information intermediaries direct public attention and provide fora for public communication and civic journalism - both of which are at the core of any vibrant democracy.

How can societies around the world ensure that Internet intermediaries act in the public interest?

Our goals

• Identify interrelations between information intermediaries and power
• Map the current status quo
• Discuss options for media, journalists, users, states, and intermediaries ( e.g., how to make intermediaries more transparent and accountable in regard to the public interest)
• Highlight the role of accountable information intermediaries for (open) journalism and for democratic public spheres

Our guests

Rebecca MacKinnon
Director of the Ranking Digital Rights project and Co-Founder of the citizen media network Global Voices Online Frane Maroevic
Director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Moderation
Dr. Ben Wagner
Director of the Centre of Internet & Human Rights

More information

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Veranstaltungsort:
Bonn
Deutsche Welle
Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3
53113 Bonn Kontakt bei der FES:
Indira Kroemer
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Medienpolitik
Tel: 0228 883-7112
Fax: 0228 883-9224
Indira.Kroemer(at)fes.de