Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor (2014): Freiheit und Vorhersage: Über die ethischen Grenzen von Big Data. Talk auf der re:publica vom 7. Mai in Berlin. In his lecture, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses the increasing possibilities of Big Data analysis, warns against misappropriation and the danger of confusing causality and correlation. He discusses the problems Read more
Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2018): Podcasts zu Digitalisierung und Privatheit, Berlin. The podcast series “Digitization and Privacy” contains short statements by scientists on the new technologies of data collection and processing and asks from different perspectives what the extensive data processing is used for, for example for forecasts Read more
Media Smart e. V. (2019): #Nachgeschaut – Big Data. Erklärvideo, Köln. The explanatory video contains a brief definition of Big Data (storage, analysis and processing of data), describes where data is created, who it benefits (advertising, predictive policing, surveillance and education, e.g. the Social Credit System in China, therapy options, Read more
Appcamps (2021): Unterrichtsmaterial „Big Data“, Hamburg. The teaching material is aimed at students from year 8 and is divided into three sections. In the introduction, the term “Big Data” is briefly introduced with the assignment to examine a Big Data application and to evaluate it using questions. Then it is Read more
Privacy International is “fighting for the right to privacy across the globe since 1990”. Despite this focus on privacy, the website provides information on various aspects around online privacy and big data, such as tracking, targeted advertising, data exploitation, disinformation and internet regulation. Not only is Privacy International’s research, advocacy Read more