Dr. Matthias Kettemann is part of the panel "Meinungsmächtige Intermediäre [Opinion Power Intermediaries]" at MTM Extra. He is contributing a lecture that focuses on the following questions: Are intermediaries such as Facebook, Twitter or Snapchat a danger to the diversity of opinions? Does the regulation of intermediaries imply a restriction of freedom of expression? Is more transparency able to protect against manipulation? MTM Extra is an event prior to the conference
Medientage Mitteldeutschland 2019, which will take place in Leipzig from 21 to 22 May 2019.
Members of the panel will be:
Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann - Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
Jan Kottmann - Head of Media Policy, Senior Policy Counsel DACH, Google Germany
Julia Krüger - netzpolitik.org
Heike Raab - State Secretary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to the Federal Government and for Europe, for Media and Digital Affairs
Chair: Jörg Wagner
