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Disruption Network Lab
by Disruption Network Lab
Examining the intersection of politics, technology, and society, Disruption Network Lab exposes the misconduct and wrongdoing of the powerful.Disruption Network Lab is an ongoing platform of events and research focused on the intersection of politics, technology and society. We are a Berlin-based nonprofit organisation in Germany (Disruption Network Lab e. V.) that has since 2014 organised participatory, interdisciplinary, international events at the intersection of human rights and technology with the objective of strengthening freedom of speech, and exposing the misconduct and wrongdoing of the powerful. We develop work that advocates for the globally marginalised.Disruption Network Lab (http://www.disruptionlab.org/#teaser) organises inter-disciplinary conferences at the interface of scholarship and politics and local meetups throughout the year in Berlin.Produced by Voice RepublicFor more podcasts visit http://voicerepublic.com
Episodes
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Techno-Policing & Civic Control - with Sonja Peteranderl and Matthias Monroy
Upcoming Conference: 'Exposing Crimes is not a Crime: The Real-World Consequences of WikiLeaks', March 19–22 2025, Berlin - follow us for tickets and news! This episode: Techno-Policing & Civic Control With: Sonja Peteranderl (Investigative Journalist, Founder of BuzzingCities Lab, DE) and…
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Illiberal Realities: Understanding Propaganda and the Orbanisation of Europe
Upcoming Conference: Shadows of Illiberalism, June 13–15 2025, Berlin This episode: Illiberal Realities: Understanding Propaganda and the Orbanisation of Europe With: Péter Adamik and Sára Szedlár (Freie Ungarische Botschaft, HU/DE). Two activists from the Berlin-based Hungarian expat…
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Marwa Fatafta on AI & Warfare in Gaza
How can we ensure the dystopian tech-enabled violence we are witnessing in Gaza is neither normalized nor harnessed in future armed conflicts? Marwa Fatafta discusses the technologies used by Israel in Gaza and the role of tech companies. Marwa leads Access Now's policy and advocacy work on…
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Corruption Unveiled: Julian Hessenthaler & Frederik Obermaier · #DNL31 #OrganisedCrime
Corruption Unveiled: Austria's Troublesome Path from Strache to Kurz From #DNL31 #OrganisedCrime. Watch this talk and others here Julian Hessenthaler, the private detective who set the trap for Strache and triggered the "Ibiza affair," delves into the issues of power and abuse of power in the…
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Émile P. Torres: Trolling AI Doomerism & Longtermism
Philosopher Émile P. Torres takes you on a journey through the surreal and very influential techno-utopian – and dystopian - philosophies and ideologies of Silicon Valley billionaires and leaders. Recorded at a meet-up and workshop curated by Sabina Barcucci. Read more about the meet-up here:...
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Sharon K. Hom (Executive Director, Human Rights in China)
Sharon Hom (Executive Director, Human Rights in China, HK/US). Moderated by Magnus Ag (Journalist, Human Rights Advocate, Founder of Bridge Figures, DK/NO). In recent decades, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has increasingly challenged international human rights norms and values and…
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Are Kleptocrats the big winners of Covid-19?
Award-winning investigative journalist and author Tom Burgis discusses the opportunities that the pandemic has provided for kleptocracy to flourish. Across the world, we've seen dramatic increases in government spending, logistical obstacles for watchdogs monitoring kleptocratic financial flows,...
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Whistleblowing during Covid-19
Renata Avila, Joseph Farrell & Rima Sghaier discuss the role of whistleblowers during COVID-19 and the importance of exposing the truth during the pandemic. The work of whistleblowers is central to denounce power violations and to protect the most vulnerable sectors of our society, but also...
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THE Q IN QONSPIRACY
In this conversation between Wu Ming 1 and Florian Cramer, QAnon is discussed as a template for contemporary social-media-driven conspiracy fantasies that work simultaneously as games and a new kind of cults. By focusing on the mutation of conspiracy myths from countercultural phenomena to...
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WHISTLEBLOWING & COVID-19
This keynote conversation brings together Eileen Chubb, a former care assistant in the UK who became a whistleblower and later a campaigner, and Erika Cheung, one of the key whistleblowers in the Theranos scandal and today co-founder and executive director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship. The...
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JULIAN ASSANGE: Repression, Isolation & Lockdown
This panel brings together four experts in the field of technology, human rights, investigative journalism and law to address the importance of transparency, government accountability and media freedom through the case and the present conditions of Julian Assange....
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JULIAN ASSANGE: A statement by Jennifer Robinson
Jennifer Robinson is an Australian human rights lawyer and barrister with Doughty Street Chambers in London. Her practice focuses on defending cases for freedom of expression before national and international courts such as the European Court of Human Rights. Robinson is best known for her role…
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Voice of Care: Helen O'Connor
Helen O'Connor, National Health Service nurse in the United Kingdom for many years and today GMB NHS Union Organiser will give a critical perspective on the UK health care system and the measures that need to be taken to protect the rights of the workers, rather than allowing private companies to...
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Resisting Speculation
This talk brings into dialogue different modalities of fighting speculation, sharing tactics of resistance in the political and media landscape, and presenting concrete interventions in the urban territory of Berlin and internationally. www.disruptionlab.org/evicted-by-greed
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The Human Rights Solution: Tackling the Housing Crisis
This keynote event brings in conversation Leilani Farha, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, and Justus von Daniels, Editor-in-Chief of CORRECTIV, to discuss how civil society can be directly involved in fighting real estate speculation, and which measures can be adopted to...
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Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co!
Volkan Sayman from Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen discusses Berlin's housing crisis as a result of the privatisation and financialisation of housing, highlights major milestones of the expropriation campaign, and gives a glimpse on what's next in the struggle against displacement and for…
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Conversation · PUSH - The Film
In major cities across the world local working and middle class citizens are being pushed out of their very own homes – because living in them has become unaffordable. Join us for a discussion between PUSH: the film director Fredrik Gertten and activist Leilani Farha on the consequences of the...
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Foggy Properties & Golden Sands
In this panel Sam Leon from "Global Witness" and Karina Shedrofsky from "OCCRP" analyse how money laundering, organised crime and corruption interfere and influence real estate, addressing respectively the contexts of London and Dubai. www.disruptionlab.org/evicted-by-greed
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Anonymous & Aggressive Investors
This keynote panel focuses on two different but related investigations in Berlin and Barcelona on real estate ownership and aggressive international investors. https://disruptionlab.org/evicted-by-greed
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AN AUTOPSY OF ONLINE LOVE, LABOUR, SURVEILLANCE AND ELECTRICITY/ENERGY
AN AUTOPSY OF ONLINE LOVE, LABOUR, SURVEILLANCE AND ELECTRICITY/ENERGY Joana Moll (Artist and Researcher, ES) in conversation with Tatiana Bazzichelli (Founding Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE). Our so-called networked society has failed so far to transpose the logic of interconnectedness...
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UNTANGLING COMPLEXITY: Working on Anti-Corruption From the International to the Local Level
UNTANGLING COMPLEXITY: Working on Anti-Corruption From the International to the Local Level Max Heywood (Transparency International Global Outreach and Advocacy Coordinator, UK/DE) and Stephan Ohme (Lawyer and Financial Expert, Transparency International Deutschland e. V., DE). In the fight…
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ALGORITHMIC BIAS: AI Traps and Possible Escapes
ALGORITHMIC BIAS: AI Traps and Possible Escapes Caroline Sinders (Machine Learning Designer/User Researcher, Artist, Digital Anthropologist, USA/DE) and Sarah Grant (Media Artist and Educator, Radical Networks, USA/DE) in conversation with Ruth Catlow (Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director,...
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Panel: ON THE POLITICS OF AI: Fighting Injustice & Automatic Supremacism
AI TRAPS: Automating Discrimination The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 2 The 16th conference of the Disruption Network Lab ON THE POLITICS OF AI: Fighting Injustice & Automatic Supremacism Dia Kayyali (Leader of the Tech & Advocacy program at WITNESS, SY/US/DE), Os Keyes (Ada Lovelace Fellow,...
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Keynote: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE AGE OF AI: The Future of Civil Rights in the United States
AI TRAPS: Automating Discrimination The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 2 The 16th conference of the Disruption Network Lab RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE AGE OF AI: The Future of Civil Rights in the United States Mutale Nkonde (Tech Policy Advisor and Fellow at Data & Society Research Institute,...
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Investigation: HOW IS GOVERNMENT USING BIG DATA?
AI TRAPS: Automating Discrimination The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 2 The 16th conference of the Disruption Network Lab HOW IS GOVERNMENT USING BIG DATA? Crofton Black (Researcher, Journalist & Writer, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, UK). Moderated by Daniel Eriksson (Head of...
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Keynote: WHAT IS A FEMINIST AI? Possible Feminisms, Possible Internets
AI TRAPS: Automating Discrimination The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 2 The 16th conference of the Disruption Network Lab WHAT IS A FEMINIST AI? Possible Feminisms, Possible Internets Charlotte Webb (Co-founder, Feminist Internet & Even Consultancy, UK). Moderated by Lieke Ploeger (Community...
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Panel: AI FOR THE PEOPLE: AI Bias, Ethics & The Common Good
AI TRAPS: Automating Discrimination The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 2 The 16th conference of the Disruption Network Lab AI FOR THE PEOPLE: AI Bias, Ethics & The Common Good Maya Indira Ganesh (Research coordinator, AI & Media Philosophy 'KIM' Research Group, Karlsruhe University of Arts and...
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Panel: THE TRACKED & THE INVISIBLE: From Biometric Surveillance to Diversity in Data Science
AI TRAPS: Automating Discrimination The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 2 The 16th conference of the Disruption Network Lab Adam Harvey (Artist and Researcher, US/DE), Sophie Searcy (Senior Data Scientist at Metis, US). Moderated by Adriana Groh (Head of Program Management, Prototype Fund, DE)....
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Investigation: Forensic Architecture: Horizontal Verification and the Socialised Production of Evidence
CITIZENS OF EVIDENCE: Independent Investigations for Change The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 3 The 17th conference of the Disruption Network Lab FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE: Horizontal Verification and the Socialised Production of Evidence Robert Trafford / Forensic Architecture (Researcher, Open...
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Panel: Tracking Dictators, Diving For Leaks & Opening up Sensative Data
CITIZENS OF EVIDENCE: Independent Investigations for Change The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 3 The 17th conference of the Disruption Network Lab TRACKING DICTATORS, DIVING FOR LEAKS & OPENING UP SENSITIVE DATA Emmanuel Freudenthal (Freelance Investigative Journalist, Dictator Alert, FR/KY),...
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Keynote: Ghosts in the Woods and Uncann Entities: On How to Cover the Italian «NO TAV» Movement
CITIZENS OF EVIDENCE: Independent Investigations for Change The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 3 The 17th conference of the Disruption Network Lab GHOSTS IN THE WOODS AND UNCANNY ENTITIES: On How to Cover the Italian «NO TAV» Movement Wu Ming 1 (Author & Writer, Wu Ming Foundation, IT).…
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Keynote: What Independent Investigation Don't Usually Disclose
CITIZENS OF EVIDENCE: Independent Investigations for Change The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 3 The 17th conference of the Disruption Network Lab WHAT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS DON'T USUALLY DISCLOSE Matthew Caruana Galizia (Investigative Journalist & Software Engineer, MLT). Moderated by…
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EXPOSING ABUSES
This panel highlights how citizens are contributing on facilitating evidence, as well as how journalists, policy makers or activists are empowering voices against corruption and abuses. Reporting about three different local contexts, the speakers will reflect on how their work was effective in...
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Panel: Prisoners of Dissent. Locked Up For Exposing Crimes
PRISONERS-OF-DISSENT: Locked Up for Exposing Crimes. The 11th Event of the Disruption Network Lab Panel with Annie Machon (former MI5 intelligence officer, UK/BE), Silvanos Mudzvova (Artist Protection Fund fellow in residency at The University of Manchester, ZWE/UK), Magnus Ag (senior program...
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Keynote: Doing Time Like a Spy. On Prison Survival and The CIA's War on Terror
PRISONERS-OF-DISSENT: Locked Up for Exposing Crimes. The 11th Event of the Disruption Network Lab Keynote: Doing Time Like a Spy. On Prison Survival and the CIA's War on Terror. With John Kiriakou(CIA anti-torture whistleblower, USA). Moderated by Magnus Ag (Senior Programm Officer, Freemuse,...
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Panel: Beyond Evidence. Finding Sources, Questioning Truth
TRUTH-TELLERS: The Impact of Speaking Out. The 10th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Panel: Beyond Evidence. Finding Sources, Questioning Truth with Jack Werner (investigative journalist, SE), Hans Bernhard / UBERMORGEN (artist, CH/USA/AT) Carmen Weisskopf and Domagoj Smoljo / !Mediengruppe...
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Keynote: 50 Days of Lulz
TRUTH-TELLERS: The Impact of Speaking Out. The 10th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Keynote: 50 Days of Lulz with Mustafa Al-Bassam (alias Tflow, former core member, LulzSec, UK). Moderated by Gabriella Coleman (Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill University…
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Manipulation Incorporated: On Social Media Targeting, Self-Branding, and Emotional Pornification
IGNORANCE: The Power of Non-Knowledge. The 9th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Panel: Manipulation Incorporated: On Social Media Targeting, Self-Branding, and Emotional Pornification with Ippolita (activists and writers, IT), Hannah Jane Parkinson (digital culture journalist and writer, UK),...
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The Forbidden, the Doubtful and the Moral. What Could Be Known But Isn't
IGNORANCE: The Power of Non-Knowledge. The 9th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Panel: The Forbidden, the Doubtful and the Moral. What Could Be Known But Isn't with Joanna Kempner (sociologist, US), Jamie Allen (artist and researcher, CA/CH), Jan Willem Wieland (philosopher and researcher…
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Keynote: Ignorance. How to Know About Not Knowing
IGNORANCE: The Power of Non-Knowledge. The 9th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Keynote: Ignorance. How to Know about Not Knowing with Matthias Gross (sociologist and science studies scholar, DE). Moderated by Daniela Silvestrin (curator, Disruption Network Lab, DE). In his keynote, Matthias...
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Panel: Cable Breaks. The Powers Below the Surface
DEEP CABLES: Uncovering the Wiring of the World. The 8th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Panel: Cable Breaks. The Powers Below the Surface with Ingrid Burrington (artist and researcher, USA), Helga Tawil-Souri (associate professor Middle East and Islamic Studies NYU, Palestine/USA), Gabriele...
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Keynote: The Internet, Really. Behind the Scenes of Our Everyday Lives
DEEP CABLES: Uncovering the Wiring of the World. The 8th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Keynote: The Internet, Really. Behind the Scenes of Our Everyday Lives with Andrew Blum (writer & journalist, USA). Respondent: Bernd Fix (computer security expert, Wau Holland Stiftung, DE). In the book...
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Panel: Dirty Cables. The Technology & Politics of Network Infrastructures
DEEP CABLES: Uncovering the Wiring of the World. The 8th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Panel: Dirty Cables. The Technology & Politics of Network Infrastructures with Moritz Metz (radio journalist, DE), Marc Helmus (network operator and engineer, DE), Anne Roth (net activist, senior advisor...
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Keynote: Network Exposed. Charting the Invisible
DEEP CABLES: Uncovering the Wiring of the World. The 8th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Keynote: Network Exposed. Charting the Invisible with Henrik Moltke (investigative journalist, DK/USA), Trevor Paglen (artist and geographer, USA). Moderated by Tatiana Bazzichelli (artistic director,...
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Panel: Stunts & Dumps - The Making of a Viral Cause
Mustafa Al-Bassam (https://twitter.com/musalbas) (alias Tflow, former core member of LulzSec, UK), Jean Peters (https://twitter.com/jeangleur) (co-founder Peng! collective, DE), M. C. McGrath (https://twitter.com/shidash?lang=de) (founder of Transparency Toolkit, USA/DE), Andrea Natella...
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Keynote: Find out what you are 'supposed to do' - then do something else.
John Law (original member of the Suicide Club and the Cacophony Society ((http://www.cacophony.org)); co-founder of the Billboard Liberation Front and of the Burning Man Festival, USA). Moderated by Marie Lechner (journalist and researcher, FR). How everything started in San Francisco Rumors of…
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Short: PiggyBankGirls: Erotic Crowdfunding for Girls
PiggyBankGirls: Erotic Crowdfunding for Girls Short video with Sascha Schoonen (CEO, PiggyBankGirls, DE) This video shot specifically for our conference event presents and introduces to the public the new-born platform "PiggyBankGirls", the first erotic crowdfunding platform for girls, where…
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Keynote: Carmen Rivera Entertainment: Deconstructing Power, Sharing BDSM
A keynote with Carmen Rivera (Mistress and Fetish-SM-performer, DE). Moderated by Gaia Novati (net activist and researcher on indie porn, IT/DE) In this special event, Carmen Rivera will share with the public the "secrets" of her carrier as a Mistress, being since many years involved in the field...
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Panel: XXXPLICIT. From Porn Tubes to Online Sex Working
Panel: XXXPLICIT. From Porn Tubes to Online Sex Working This panel investigates the evolution of the sex and porn business, from the early days of webcam work to the creation of porntubes and commercial contemporary online porn platforms (PornoTube, RedTube, YouPorn, etc.). From one side, this...
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SAMIZDATA: Strategies for Resistance
Strategies for Resistance Jørgen Johansen (https://twitter.com/jrgenjohansen) (researcher on resistance studies, civil disobedience and whistleblowing, NO), Jaromil (https://jaromil.dyne.org/) (hacktivist, IT/NL), Sophie Toupin (https://twitter.com/stoopt) (researcher and feminist…
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Examining the intersection of politics, technology, and society, Disruption Network Lab exposes the misconduct and wrongdoing of the powerful.Disruption Network Lab is an ongoing platform of events and research focused on the intersection of politics, technology and society. We are a Berlin-based nonprofit organisation in Germany (Disruption Network Lab e. V.) that has since 2014 organised participatory, interdisciplinary, international events at the intersection of human rights and technology with the objective of strengthening freedom of speech, and exposing the misconduct and wrongdoing of the powerful. We develop work that advocates for the globally marginalised.Disruption Network Lab (http://www.disruptionlab.org/#teaser) organises inter-disciplinary conferences at the interface of scholarship and politics and local meetups throughout the year in Berlin.Produced by Voice RepublicFor more podcasts visit http://voicerepublic.com
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