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Die drei Spitzenkandidaten für das Amt des Bundeskanzlers: v.l.n.r. Annalena Baerbock (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Olaf Scholz (SPD) und Armin Laschet (CDU/CSU).

Proposals for detoxifying the debate culture: Less disinformation and hate in the election campaign

Published: 30 September 2021
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The German parliamentary election campaign played out on the internet as never before. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, this was certainly necessary, but it brought with it all the evils we have previously seen in US election campaigns: disinformation campaigns and hate speech were used to discredit candidates, paid political online advertising and foreign influence circumvented basic democratic values.
By Vérane Meyer and Zora Siebert

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Division Digital Policy

Published: 15 March 2022
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The digital transformation has changed the way we learn, work and communicate. However, the increase in automated and autonomous decisions, the formation of monopolies and the enormous consumption of resources through digitalisation also present us with regulatory challenges. The Heinrich Böll Foundation sees itself as an impulse generator for design approaches: The digital transformation must be shaped in a participatory, confident and sustainable way.

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