Berlin Buzzwords 2025

Aline Blankertz

Aline is an applied economist with a special interest in the data economy, competition policy and platform regulation. She currently works as the Tech Economy Lead at the anti-monopoly organisation Rebalance Now and has co-founded the digital policy collective Structural Integrity. She has been involved in digital and data policy for various years, at Wikimedia Germany, the think tank interface and an economic consultancy, among others.


Fediverse

https://indieweb.social/@alineblankertz

Company/Organisation

Rebalance Now

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alineblankertz/


Session

06-16
09:35
45min
Unpacking Digital Sovereignty: How to avoid fueling the nationalist rise
Aline Blankertz

This talk shows that digital sovereignty is prone to open the door to a nationalist agenda which favours the power concentration that led to Big Tech, and it easily slips into alt-right narratives that put colonising space over the needs of most our planet's population

Kesselhaus