Barbara Wimmer

Facebook und Instagram machen Kinder süchtig: Was steckt dahinter? Eine Analyse der "Facebook Files".

Der Monopolist hinter dem Sozialen Netzwerk Facebook, Instagram und WhatsApp war zuletzt wieder einmal ins Visier der Schlagzeilen geraten. Eine Whistleblowerin, die in der „Abteilung für gesellschaftliche Integrität“ gearbeitet hat, packt aus: Facebook und Instagram machen Kinder süchtig und Facebook weiß das, hat diese Studienergebnisse allerdings zurückgehalten. Eine weitere Whistleblowerin ist ebenfalls bereit, vor dem US-Kongress auszusagen. Sie wurde gefeuert, nachdem sie ein Memo auf ihrem Blog veröffentlicht hatte. Barbara Wimmer hat sich die „Facebook Files“ in einer journalistischen Tiefenrecherche genauer angesehen und erklärt euch, was dahinter steckt, was die Enthüllungen sind, wie sie zu bewerten sind und wie es nun weiter geht.

Expect current examples of IoT fails that I collected during my work as a journalist in regards of privacy and security. What do such fails mean for society? What are possible solutions and what can customers do?

The internet of things (IoT) is growing. A lot of (mobile) network operators talk about „next big thing“: A world of always-on devices. So far, IoT is more a wide range of disaster plots with a lot of security and privacy concerns that are a danger for the internet rather than they are the world-saving development the tech guys predict. One example: connected (sex) toys. Some countries already banned them or are planning to ban them. Another example are digital home assistants that tend to change our sense of privacy. But what can we do? We can’t stop the development, but we can make products safer. In my talk I am going to present current examples where IoT fails in terms of privacy, security and use case. Rather than going into technical detail of „How did that hack work out?“ I want to concentrate on the ethical and practical problems that arise out of connecting everything. I also want to focus on how consumers can influence the market and what we all can do as a society. For example: Currently manufacturers take care primarily of their business to bring the products quickly to the market, and less to the safety of it. In my talk, I would like to show some examples and explain why this becomes the problem for all of us - and what regulators plan to stop that. As customers we are also not doomed, we can help to stop this internet of fails.