A shift in digital borders Mobile phone checks spying on refugees and the unemployed on social networks, automated monitoring systems: the broadening of surveillance systems is massively impacting sections of the population, forcing them, and eventually all of us, into marginalization. By Sonja Peteranderl
Who actually owns the data on social networks? Many users put their content online for all to see. This means that not only other private users but also secret services and law enforcement authorities can easily exploit the data. But companies play an important role, too. By Valie Djordjevic