The digital world space

It was a great promise: the internet was supposed to be a free and open space, a new space where exchange without hierarchies would be possible. But things turned out differently. Communication scientist Julia Pohle, co-head of the Politics of Digitalization research group, closely observes the development of the digital world. In conversation with Gabriele Kammerer, she sheds light on the power claims and economic interests at play today. And she explains why the model of “digital sovereignty” falls short