October 2018

Are Social Bots and Fake News threatening our democracy? The Propstop-Team provides research on the dangers of misinformation in the newest POLITIKUM edition.

GeneralAlena Boettcher Eli22. October 2018

The POLITIKUM edition ‘smart democracy’ discusses democracy in the times of digitalization – supported by the Propstop-Team members Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt, Dr. Lena Frischlich, […]

High-level conference on “Election Interference in the Digital Age: Building Resilience to Cyber-Enabled Threats”

GeneralJanina Pohl16. October 2018

In October, an EU-conference on the highest political level took place in Brussels. Besides representatives of the EU-commission, members of the EU-parliament, representatives of EU member […]

Prof. Dr. Quandt in an interview with a Swiss newspaper talking about the employment of bots in elections.

GeneralAlena Boettcher Eli9. October 2018

Prof. Dr. Quandt was interviewed by Simone Luchetta for the Swiss newspaper “Tages-Anzeiger” as an expert on social networks. During the interview Prof.Dr. Quandt stressed, […]