The recent bank collapses and bailouts highlight the fragility of the banking system and our bank deposits. The digital euro is an opportunity to reconfigure our monetary system to serve the interests of people and society, by making money safer and more inclusive. However, the European Central Bank’s …

In recent years, in the context of sustained criticism and general fatigue that surrounds largescale corporate social media platforms,1 the desire to build alternatives has grown stronger. This has manifested through the emergence of a wide range of projects, driven by various motives. These projects …

Offene freie Technik bezeichnet Entwürfe von technischen Objekten, die als (digitale) Daten frei, oftmals gratis, verfügbar sind zur weiteren Verwendung für alle. Offene freie Technik ist um die Jahrtausendwende als Analogie entstanden zur Free, Libre und Open Source Software, die mit der Freien-SoftwareBewegung …

Aymeric Mansoux, Marloes de Valk and Dave Griffiths received the First Prize at VIDA 13.2 awards for Naked on Pluto, a text-based online game that playfully addresses issues of online privacy and the (mis)use of personal data. Seven Artificial Intelligence bots interact with the player, who strives to …