Discussion

AI, Disinformation, and Digital Power

when
05/11/2026 06.30 pm
where
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Str. 60
10117 Berlin
Discussion

AI, Disinformation, and Digital Power

when
05/11/2026 06.30 pm
where
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Str. 60
10117 Berlin

With Alexander Libman, Jakob Hensing, Roderich Kiesewetter, Julia Smirnova, and Gesa Ufer.

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The event is part of the cooperative series ‘AI, Power, and Social Control between Freedom, Security, and Inequality’ as part of Berlin Science Week. SCRIPTS

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the political and security structures of modern societies. Automated disinformation, synthetic media, and algorithmically controlled information spaces are blurring the lines between information, manipulation, and control. This event explores how AI organises new forms of political power and what this means for democratic public spheres, security, and societal order.

Speaker

  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman, SCRIPTS, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Jakob Hensing, Global Public Policy Institute
  • Roderich Kiesewetter, MP, CDU
  • Julia Smirnova, CeMas – Center für Monitoring, Anaylse und Strategie
  • Moderation: Gesa Ufer

Registration

"AI, Power, and Societal Control – Between Freedom, Security, and Inequality": A series by SCRIPTS in cooperation with the Leibniz Centre for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL), the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), as part of Berlin Science Week.