Is it a brown swamp that has always been there – or is it the social media that made this brew ferment in the first place? Are we dealing with a new form of democracy, with results that we simply don’t like?

The German Minister of the Interior, Mr. Zimmermann, just couldn’t believe it. There were really "adult judges" who adopted the "marginal concerns" of a radical minority against the census. And worse: only months later, constitutional judges formulated in a landmark...

Data offences by corporations, governments or secret services are hardly being sanctioned at all under criminal law. This creates a legal vacuum - and a lot of power. Data is valuable. A friend of mine, David, recently got his laptop stolen from inside a car....

Reading time: ~ 8 min. For the beginning an – unfortunately not too – fictitious scenery: A wedding party sets off with a motorcade to a celebration. Bride and groom sit in a mighty SUV, they wave, four more cars follow. The air is clear, the cars leave the place in...

Reading time: ~8 min. The knife is missing. My chicken with rice and vegetables I eat only with fork and spoon, or just take the hand to help. And I notice that you can cut surprisingly well with a spoon. Knives at the table are supposedly frowned upon in the...

“Broadcasting would be the greatest conceivable communication apparatus in public life, if it could not only transmit, but also receive, relate to the listener.” Bertolt Brecht (shortened), 1932 Before the Internet existed - this must be remembered occasionally -...