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T3D researches the dynamics of digital communication and their influence on polarization and societal division. The research program links theories and methods from the social sciences and computer science and offers new perspectives on the dynamics of societal communication. We investigate whether opinions diverge through digital communication and under which conditions society fragments into groups […]

Social media and AI are institutions. They are transforming nation-state media systems into hybrid media and communication systems. On the one hand, this alters the global power structure in communication. On the other hand, this has implications for nation-state spheres, their democratic constitution, the legitimacy of the political order. This exogenously triggered socio-technical transformation influences […]

This study examines the evolving tensions between the right to be forgotten (RTBF) and the right to truth in the digital era, particularly in the context of European and Inter-American legal frameworks. This work proposes a novel approach to reconciling these rights by framing the right to truth within the broader category of cultural rights. […]

This project asks how law can better protect low-income people from harms caused by data-driven technologies. Automated systems are excluding low-income people from opportunities such as education and housing, while targeting them for financial and workplace exploitation.  They are also subject to greater surveillance in their homes, neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.  In the United States, […]