Essays from the field
Case Studies
Here you'll find current examples of how intersectional feminist analysis can enrich digital policy in Germany, the EU, and worldwide. We will continuously add new case studies to bring the topic to life.
Jo Doe goes online shopping
What does a seemingly mundane sign-up form have to do with discrimination? In 33 online shops studied, the non-binary test persona Jo was forced to select an incorrect binary gender in order to shop.
Can there be digital fairness in times of unequal global distribution?
To talk seriously about fair technology, we also need to talk about precarious labour, raw materials, ecological costs and the global power structures behind our digital lives.
‘Protest like nobody is watching!’
What happens when cameras become so inconspicuous that we can never be sure whether we’re being filmed? Katharina Nocun asks whether “smart” glasses risk normalising private mass surveillance in public space.
Fairness starts before the click
What if digital fairness isn’t about teaching us to resist manipulation but about designing digital spaces that don’t require constant self-defence in the first place?
An encouragement for the participatory design of data governance policies
Who should get to decide how our data is used? Drawing on examples from medical research, Judith Fassbender shows how meaningful participation can make data governance not only fairer, but projects themselves better.
The Digital Services Act from the perspectives of sex workers
How the Digital Services Act impacts sex work, how technology transforms sex work and the importance of access to safe online spaces for sex workers.
Don’t judge me–Systems for Age Verification From a Feminist Perspective
The social assumptions and technical problems regarding age verification technologies.
A future-proof register modernisation
Our series of benchmarks that register modernisation and administrative digitalisation must meet to be socially responsible and sustainable.
A just Digitalisation of the healthcare system
A critical analysis of digital healthcare and the personal healthrecord (ePA) from the perspective of patients.
A feminist look at the CSA regulation
The debate around the CSA regulation shows that there are massive gaps and faulty assumptions in digital policy legislations.
Digitale Verwaltung in unsicheren Zeiten gestalten
Warum brauchen wir eine Registermodernisierung, wie könnte die Umsetzung aussehen, und auf welche Hindernisse treffen wir?
Warum ist ein Gesetz gegen digitale Gewalt notwendig?
Das Bundesministerium der Justiz (BMJ) hat seine Eckpunkte für ein Gesetz gegen digitale Gewalt vorgelegt: es wird den Erwartungen aber leider nicht gerecht. Eine kritische Betrachtung.
Ein Plädoyer für eine feministische Digitalpolitik
Über digitale Macht und Machtstrukturen, und wie feministische Digitalpolitik Abhilfe schaffen kann.