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Keno Christoffer Potthast

Keno Christoffer Potthast

Junior Researcher Media Law

Keno Potthast has been junior researcher at Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung │ Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) since January 2019. He works in the research programme "Transformation of Public Communication: Journalistic and Intermediary Functions in the Process of Opinion Formation".

Keno studied law at Universität Hamburg, specialised in media law.

Keno Christoffer Potthast

Junior Researcher Media Law

Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
Rothenbaumchaussee 36
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Research Focus Disinformation

Digital Disinformation Hub

The Digital Disinformation Hub of the HBI bundles the Institute's research and cooperation activities in the field of digital disinformation.
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Legal Study commissioned by the LfM

Legal Study on Disinformation

The legal study commissioned by the State Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM) identifies risks for individuals and society that can arise through various forms of disinformation and discusses ways to counter them legally. Expert opinion (PDF, in English) Summary of the expert opinion (P...
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Open Access!

Truth, Intention and Harm. Conceptual Challenges for Disinformation-targeted Governance

In this article, Naomi Appelman, Dr. Stephan Dreyer, Pranav Manjesh Bidare and Keno C. Potthast discuss the conceptual challenges in the context of disinformation governance. In doing so, they show why the current focus on truth/falsehood and intention bear both ri...
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Expert Opinion

DESINFORMATION – RISIKEN, REGULIERUNGSLÜCKEN UND ADÄQUATE GEGENMASSNAHMEN

This expert opinion, commissioned by the Landesanstalt für Medien NRW, provides a differentiated understanding of various forms of disinformation and their risk potential. It provides an overview of current laws against the targeted dissemination of false information and shows concrete approach...
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Article on Verfassungsblog

Wahlkampf ohne Diskurs?

Keno C. Potthast writes about constitutional concerns with the use of political microtargeting on the Verfassungsblog.   Read the full article here Excerpt The Digital Services Act (DSA) is currently being negotiated in Brussels. Political microtargeting (PMT), a technique by which data of pla...
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Open Access!

Audio-Podcasts als Instrument der Rechtswissenschaftskommunikation

In the article, Matthias K. Klatt, Keno C. Potthast and Alina Funk (University of Hamburg) give an overview of podcasts in legal communication. The article was published in the journal RuZ - Recht und Zugang as an open access publication.   Download the article here (pdf, in German) Abstr...
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Science Policy in Dialogue

Wissenschaftskommunikation und ihre Förderung aus verfassungsrechtlicher Perspektive

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Keno C. Potthast write about science communication in between legal protection and the need for regulation in their contribution to "Wissenschaftspolitik im Dialog [Science Policy in Dialogue]", the publication series of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of...
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Is Twitter Allowed to Block Trump?

Digitale time-outs für Trump: Der Anfang vom Ende der privilegierten Behandlung von Amtsinhaber*innen durch soziale Netzwerke?

In their contribution to JuWiss, media lawyers Martin Fertmann and Keno Potthast discuss whether Donald Trump's Twitter ban heralds a change in the previously privileged treatment of public officials on digital platforms.   Read the article here (in German)   Abstract After soon-to-be...
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Blog Article

AfD gegen Seehofer: Neues Urteil- alte Störgefühle

The Federal Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the AfD in its dispute with Horst Seehofer. In his article on JuWissBlog, Keno Potthast analyses this ruling with regard to the neutrality requirement. Read the full article here Excerpt With the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court of...
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Article in Textbook

Hamburger Medienrecht

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Keno Potthast have written an article on media law for the Nomos textbook "Landesrecht Hamburg [Hamburg State Law]".   You can order the textbook here. About the Textbook Experienced university lecturers and administrative practitioners of the Free and H...
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Blog Article

Political Microtargeting

On the JuWissBlog Keno C. Potthast has written an article about political microtargeting – “addressing personalised voters based on evaluations of personal data.”   "We've made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally." This is the begin...

Manipuliert? Wählen im digitalen Zeitalter. Sebastian Berg im Gespräch mit Keno Potthast

"Manipuliert? Wählen im digitalen Zeitalter. Sebastian Berg im Gespräch mit Keno Potthast [Manipulated? Voting in the Digital Age. Sebastian Berg in Conversation with Keno Potthast]", presentation by A. Heldt and K. Potthast at the Third Workshop Talk of the series "Qualen d...

Microtargeting and the GDPR

"Microtargeting and the GDPR" -, presentation by Keno C. Potthast during the International Summer School on the topic „Governing data and information on the internet"am Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) at the National Law University on 5 March 2020 in New Delhi, India.&...
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