Another example of the principle known as diffusion of responsibility: blaming the machine. This is not about airplane autopilots but of machine intelligence and automatization which are made use of…

=Politics= Information deficits in report about right-wing extremism in public servicehttps://lnkd.in/dHi3nwV Protection of the Constitution will monitor extremist communicationhttps://lnkd.in/djwfw7q Association of Judges for more digitization in the Judiciaryhttps://lnkd.in/dTtfTDC Teachers’ Association…

=Economy I= Coalition committee approves 130 billion Euro stimulus packagehttps://lnkd.in/dmjmb-6 2 million applications for Corona Emergency Aidhttps://lnkd.in/dmyPyEs Lindner opts for income tax reformhttps://lnkd.in/dpaf_iE FDP expert calls for strengthening “work regardless…

=Economy I= EU Commission proposes aid package of 750 billion Euroshttps://lnkd.in/dkSca5b Managers more positive about the future despite economic reluctancehttps://lnkd.in/dSs4uck Schäuble promotes climate, digitization and innovationhttps://lnkd.in/dNs3NC8 Scheuer wants to support…

GermanPolicy.com: past week’s headlines =Covid-19=Merkel: government doesn’t take the easiest wayhttps://lnkd.in/d8SFg-SSteinmeier praises efforts in Corona crisishttps://lnkd.in/d8Sx95vSchäuble: Democracy workinghttps://lnkd.in/d96T-7tMost people in Germany in favor of Corona restrictionshttps://lnkd.in/d2QcdavFewer demonstrators against Corona requirementshttps://lnkd.in/diqkMmQCoronavirus…

The Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, a globally rampant lung disease, has claimed almost 7,000 lives in Germany, by the beginning of May 2020. But the infection rate is down…

Digital contact tracing creates location trails allowing for a supervising instance to know, in hindsight, whether two people were in proximity at the same time. Many smartphone apps only function…

The German government cabinet has passed a tougher stance against hate speech. What makes sense about the legal project, in Germany and elswhere, is to hold social media companies responsible…

The German Federal Council is examining whether in Germany, every user of social networks, and every online gamer, ought to be subject to identification requirements. The German federal states of…