Geert Lovink, Joana Moll, Democratizing the Internet
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Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) Carrer de Montalegre 5, 08001 Barcelona
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Researcher Geert Lovink speaks with artist Joana Moll about the power accumulated by the big digital platforms and its impact on the quality of democracy.
On average, people spend seven hours a day online and browsing social networks. This is happening in a media ecosystem which, far from the early dream of an open, decentralized Internet, has now become a reality that is controlled by big corporations like Google and Meta. In his book Stuck on the Platform: Reclaiming the Internet (in Spanish, Atascados en la plataforma. Reclamando Internet, Bellaterra, 2023), the researcher Geert Lovink analyses the power of seduction of these platforms and suggests ways to escape from this. The director of the Institute of Network Cultures believes that an Internet understood as public infrastructure is essential for the future of democracy. What risks does the present digital model entail? What form will the Internet of the future take?
Event will be held in English with simultaneous translation from English to Catalan.
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