The undemocratic side of digitization
Prof. Harald Welzer's plea for a new social discourse
In authoritarian regimes it is considered the epitome of democracy: digitization promises us free access to information and open discourse for all. But at the same time, the latest developments in this field are putting our basic understanding of democracy to the test. Big Data and Artificial Intelligence are just two examples of what digitization is doing to us, without us understanding "it."