Cathleen Berger
@cberger.bsky.social
Pondering the future. | Digital policy, environmental sustainability | she/her
Currently: Head of Office (Research and Policy) to German Parliamentarian | Former: UpgradeDemocracy.de, Mozilla, German Foreign Office
Currently: Head of Office (Research and Policy) to German Parliamentarian | Former: UpgradeDemocracy.de, Mozilla, German Foreign Office
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Cathleen Berger
@cberger.bsky.social
· Nov 24
With all the new people joining: if you have any suggestions for who to follow at the intersection of sustainability and tech — please share!
I’ll also add new accounts to my starter kit on the topic.
I’ll also add new accounts to my starter kit on the topic.
Like podcasts? Interested in tech? Worried about the climate crisis?
Here’s a weekend recommendation for you: podcast.greenio.tech/e/p8lxj3j8-6...
Gaël from @greenio-podcast.bsky.social and I go deep on all things emissions & corporate responsibility. With a flavour of digital sovereignty.
Here’s a weekend recommendation for you: podcast.greenio.tech/e/p8lxj3j8-6...
Gaël from @greenio-podcast.bsky.social and I go deep on all things emissions & corporate responsibility. With a flavour of digital sovereignty.
#69 Big Tech carbon emissions by the millions with Cathleen Berger
They say that numbers don’t lie… but what if we are looking at the wrong numbers to begin with?
On today’s episode of Green IO, Gaël is joined by Cathleen Berger who is here to help us decipher why a...
podcast.greenio.tech
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Like podcasts? Interested in tech? Worried about the climate crisis?
Here’s a weekend recommendation for you: podcast.greenio.tech/e/p8lxj3j8-6...
Gaël from @greenio-podcast.bsky.social and I go deep on all things emissions & corporate responsibility. With a flavour of digital sovereignty.
Here’s a weekend recommendation for you: podcast.greenio.tech/e/p8lxj3j8-6...
Gaël from @greenio-podcast.bsky.social and I go deep on all things emissions & corporate responsibility. With a flavour of digital sovereignty.
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🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/eurosky.social Eurosky Live from Berlin
@eurosky.social is 🔴LIVE on stream.place!
Eurosky Live from Berlin
stream.place
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/eurosky.social Eurosky Live from Berlin
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We must build our own digital infrastructure, governed in Europe and rooted in our democratic values and fundamental rights.
That means:
1.
That means:
1.
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We must build our own digital infrastructure, governed in Europe and rooted in our democratic values and fundamental rights.
That means:
1.
That means:
1.
“I thought we were going to a Summit on European Digital Sovereignty yesterday, instead we got a deregulation fest.” ~ Felix Styma at @eurosky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
“I thought we were going to a Summit on European Digital Sovereignty yesterday, instead we got a deregulation fest.” ~ Felix Styma at @eurosky.social
🫳🎤
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Attending the #eurosky event in Berlin today. Given that the role of decentralized social media as a critical piece of #DigitalSovereignty was strikingly absent from the #Digitalgipfel yesterday, I do hope more conversations like these will break through the political bubble. And soon.
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Attending the #eurosky event in Berlin today. Given that the role of decentralized social media as a critical piece of #DigitalSovereignty was strikingly absent from the #Digitalgipfel yesterday, I do hope more conversations like these will break through the political bubble. And soon.
“Product first, regulation second.” — this morning’s spin around AI and digital technologies at the #EUsummit25 #Digitalgipfel
I wonder how the construction or mobility industry feel about that… 🤦♀️
I wonder how the construction or mobility industry feel about that… 🤦♀️
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
“Product first, regulation second.” — this morning’s spin around AI and digital technologies at the #EUsummit25 #Digitalgipfel
I wonder how the construction or mobility industry feel about that… 🤦♀️
I wonder how the construction or mobility industry feel about that… 🤦♀️
Errrm. Alarm bells ringing. 🚨
Let’s not ex-ante regulate the risks but build the products first, says digital minister Wildberger.
… I have so many questions.
#EUsummit25 #Digitalgipfel
Let’s not ex-ante regulate the risks but build the products first, says digital minister Wildberger.
… I have so many questions.
#EUsummit25 #Digitalgipfel
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Errrm. Alarm bells ringing. 🚨
Let’s not ex-ante regulate the risks but build the products first, says digital minister Wildberger.
… I have so many questions.
#EUsummit25 #Digitalgipfel
Let’s not ex-ante regulate the risks but build the products first, says digital minister Wildberger.
… I have so many questions.
#EUsummit25 #Digitalgipfel
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Digitalgipfel-Eröffnung: Während Karsten WIldberger bei der Begrüssung wie ein Motivationstrainer redete, sprach sein französischer Kollege Roland Lescure konkreter, was man tun müsste. Dazu gehöre auch DSA und DMA durchzusetzen.
Und Beschaffungswesen einsetzen, aber dafür bräuchte es Geld.
Und Beschaffungswesen einsetzen, aber dafür bräuchte es Geld.
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Digitalgipfel-Eröffnung: Während Karsten WIldberger bei der Begrüssung wie ein Motivationstrainer redete, sprach sein französischer Kollege Roland Lescure konkreter, was man tun müsste. Dazu gehöre auch DSA und DMA durchzusetzen.
Und Beschaffungswesen einsetzen, aber dafür bräuchte es Geld.
Und Beschaffungswesen einsetzen, aber dafür bräuchte es Geld.
I’m attending the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty today. 1.000 participants, 70 civil society reps. 🤷♀️ No doubt, we need to reduce dependencies and ramp up investment. But I’ll definitely listen for the potential pitfalls, given the lack of voices holding up civil rights.
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I’m attending the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty today. 1.000 participants, 70 civil society reps. 🤷♀️ No doubt, we need to reduce dependencies and ramp up investment. But I’ll definitely listen for the potential pitfalls, given the lack of voices holding up civil rights.
Tune in: Am Montag, 13 Uhr sprechen wir darüber, wie wir gemeinwohlorientierte soziale Medien skalieren können. Mit Markus Beckedahl, Josephine Ballon, Björn Staschen & Elena Kountidou: www.gruene-bundestag.de/veranstaltun...
Gemeinwohlorientierte soziale Medien: Hürden und Lösungen
Erfahre mehr über die Arbeit der Grünen im Bundestag: Wir kämpfen für eine ökologische, gerechte und zukunftsfähige Gesellschaft.
www.gruene-bundestag.de
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Tune in: Am Montag, 13 Uhr sprechen wir darüber, wie wir gemeinwohlorientierte soziale Medien skalieren können. Mit Markus Beckedahl, Josephine Ballon, Björn Staschen & Elena Kountidou: www.gruene-bundestag.de/veranstaltun...
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Grüne fordern mehr Ressourcen für DSC
Die Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen dringt in einem Antrag darauf, den Koordinator für Digitale Dienste (DSC) in der Bundesnetzagentur mit dringend notwendigen Ressourcen auszustatten.
Die Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen dringt in einem Antrag darauf, den Koordinator für Digitale Dienste (DSC) in der Bundesnetzagentur mit dringend notwendigen Ressourcen auszustatten.
Grüne fordern mehr Ressourcen für DSC
Die Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen dringt in einem Antrag darauf, den Koordinator für Digitale Dienste (DSC) in der Bundesnetzagentur mit dringend notwendigen Ressourcen auszustatten.
www.bundestag.de
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Grüne fordern mehr Ressourcen für DSC
Die Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen dringt in einem Antrag darauf, den Koordinator für Digitale Dienste (DSC) in der Bundesnetzagentur mit dringend notwendigen Ressourcen auszustatten.
Die Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen dringt in einem Antrag darauf, den Koordinator für Digitale Dienste (DSC) in der Bundesnetzagentur mit dringend notwendigen Ressourcen auszustatten.
Over 200 organisations and another 200+ individuals are urging that “Climate Action Requires Truth: COP30 Must Codify Information Integrity” — caad.info/analysis/rep...
#ClimateDisinfo #InformationIntegrity #COP30
#ClimateDisinfo #InformationIntegrity #COP30
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
Climate Action Requires Truth: COP30 Must Codify Information Integrity
caad.info
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Over 200 organisations and another 200+ individuals are urging that “Climate Action Requires Truth: COP30 Must Codify Information Integrity” — caad.info/analysis/rep...
#ClimateDisinfo #InformationIntegrity #COP30
#ClimateDisinfo #InformationIntegrity #COP30
Interesting perspectives and insights shared by folks who created “love matters” around how ads on female pleasure, female hygiene/health and similar things were either blocked or outright rejected on Meta platforms. #mozfest #SocialCensorship #DigitalAds
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Interesting perspectives and insights shared by folks who created “love matters” around how ads on female pleasure, female hygiene/health and similar things were either blocked or outright rejected on Meta platforms. #mozfest #SocialCensorship #DigitalAds
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I was told over and over again that downloading unauthorized media from the Internet was like robbing a bank.
Turns out it's fine as long as you scale it up to infinity.
Turns out it's fine as long as you scale it up to infinity.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I was told over and over again that downloading unauthorized media from the Internet was like robbing a bank.
Turns out it's fine as long as you scale it up to infinity.
Turns out it's fine as long as you scale it up to infinity.
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“In an era of automated bullshit,” Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social asks us to tell the truth! Starting with the fact that innovation often depends on exploitation… so social progress can never be taken for granted.
What are we building? For whom? With whom?
#MozFest
What are we building? For whom? With whom?
#MozFest
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“In an era of automated bullshit,” Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social asks us to tell the truth! Starting with the fact that innovation often depends on exploitation… so social progress can never be taken for granted.
What are we building? For whom? With whom?
#MozFest
What are we building? For whom? With whom?
#MozFest
Things #Mozfest does really well:
* inclusion (e.g. pronouns stickers)
* safety (e.g. lanyards to signal that you don’t want to be photographed)
* plenty of time and space to mingle and network
* easy discovery of the unexpected
* content mixed with art
* inclusion (e.g. pronouns stickers)
* safety (e.g. lanyards to signal that you don’t want to be photographed)
* plenty of time and space to mingle and network
* easy discovery of the unexpected
* content mixed with art
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Things #Mozfest does really well:
* inclusion (e.g. pronouns stickers)
* safety (e.g. lanyards to signal that you don’t want to be photographed)
* plenty of time and space to mingle and network
* easy discovery of the unexpected
* content mixed with art
* inclusion (e.g. pronouns stickers)
* safety (e.g. lanyards to signal that you don’t want to be photographed)
* plenty of time and space to mingle and network
* easy discovery of the unexpected
* content mixed with art
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Anyone planning to share #Mozfest impressions on here? Will hopefully provide/generate some good ideas/content on (re)imagining tech focused on people and the environment.
Festival page: www.mozillafestival.org/en/
Festival page: www.mozillafestival.org/en/
Mozilla Festival 2025 | Ethical AI, Open Source & Digital Rights in Barcelona
Join MozFest 2025 in Barcelona, Nov 7–9 — the global AI policy summit, digital rights event & open source festival for a healthier internet.
www.mozillafestival.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Anyone planning to share #Mozfest impressions on here? Will hopefully provide/generate some good ideas/content on (re)imagining tech focused on people and the environment.
Festival page: www.mozillafestival.org/en/
Festival page: www.mozillafestival.org/en/
Back after a two-week break. Looking at the amount, working through emails, messages, missed calls will probably take me all day. 🐿️🐿️
November 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Back after a two-week break. Looking at the amount, working through emails, messages, missed calls will probably take me all day. 🐿️🐿️
October 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Cathleen Berger
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EC Preliminary Findings - Meta and TikTok in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the #DigitalServicesAct
EC Preliminary Findings - Meta and TikTok in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the #DigitalServicesAct
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EC Preliminary Findings - Meta and TikTok in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the #DigitalServicesAct
EC Preliminary Findings - Meta and TikTok in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the #DigitalServicesAct
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📣 Journalists! Join us for three webinars about how to cover the upcoming UN climate summit, COP30
1️⃣ COPs 101 | What Every Journalist Should Know, 11/3 RSVP: buff.ly/uJq4ubP
2️⃣ What’s at Stake at COP30? 11/4 RSVP: buff.ly/mLHFVz3
3️⃣ A COP Journalist’s Toolbox, 11/5 RSVP: buff.ly/iB7De76
1️⃣ COPs 101 | What Every Journalist Should Know, 11/3 RSVP: buff.ly/uJq4ubP
2️⃣ What’s at Stake at COP30? 11/4 RSVP: buff.ly/mLHFVz3
3️⃣ A COP Journalist’s Toolbox, 11/5 RSVP: buff.ly/iB7De76
October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
📣 Journalists! Join us for three webinars about how to cover the upcoming UN climate summit, COP30
1️⃣ COPs 101 | What Every Journalist Should Know, 11/3 RSVP: buff.ly/uJq4ubP
2️⃣ What’s at Stake at COP30? 11/4 RSVP: buff.ly/mLHFVz3
3️⃣ A COP Journalist’s Toolbox, 11/5 RSVP: buff.ly/iB7De76
1️⃣ COPs 101 | What Every Journalist Should Know, 11/3 RSVP: buff.ly/uJq4ubP
2️⃣ What’s at Stake at COP30? 11/4 RSVP: buff.ly/mLHFVz3
3️⃣ A COP Journalist’s Toolbox, 11/5 RSVP: buff.ly/iB7De76
I do not like if my 600+ days streak of language lessons is lost because the app hosts data on AWS. 🤷♀️🤖🙈
October 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I do not like if my 600+ days streak of language lessons is lost because the app hosts data on AWS. 🤷♀️🤖🙈
I like when Monday feels like Saturday. 🚴♀️🍁🍂⭐️
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I like when Monday feels like Saturday. 🚴♀️🍁🍂⭐️
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Diese Petition gegen die #Chatkontrolle hat bereits über 200.000 Unterschriften - und es werden von Stunde zu Stunde mehr! ❤️👾
🇪🇺 Bald könnten die Nachrichten auf deinem Handy automatisch gescannt werden: Die EU diskutiert über die „Chatkontrolle“.
Was das für Grundrechte und Datenschutz bedeutet, erfährst du auf unserem Blog.
👉 campact.org/U6rfI
Was das für Grundrechte und Datenschutz bedeutet, erfährst du auf unserem Blog.
👉 campact.org/U6rfI
EU-Chatkontrolle stoppen
Die EU will unsere Chats überwachen: Noch bevor Nachrichten verschlüsselt werden, sollen Algorithmen Inhalte scannen – auch in privaten Unterhaltungen.Kritiker*innen warnen: Das wäre ein gefährlicher ...
campact.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Diese Petition gegen die #Chatkontrolle hat bereits über 200.000 Unterschriften - und es werden von Stunde zu Stunde mehr! ❤️👾