Digitalisation Research and Network Meeting (DigiMeet 2025): Platform Governance & Power: Between control, ethics and societal dynamics

Date: 06.11.2025 09:00 - 16:00
Conference / symposium
Format: online
Event Fee: Free

Organizer(s):
Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) , Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) , Leibniz Institute for Media Research – Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) , Weizenbaum Institute (WI)

Each year, our networking event addresses a topic that can be understood as a key concept in the ethical and human-centred design of digital transformation. In an increasingly platform-centred digital world, the governance of platforms has become a critical tool in maintaining and expanding a democratic digital infrastructure in the EU and beyond. At the same time, these efforts are confronted with global policy challenges, as the platform landscape is rapidly transforming. DigiMeet 2025 aims to explore the latest developments in global platform governance, focusing on the underlying power dynamics, societal implications and technological advancements that shape our policy discourse. Through the lens of four subtopics, we seek to approach the focus topic from different perspectives:

https://www.cais-research.de/en/event/digimeet25/

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