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Cyber Warfare – Putin’s Planned Elections?

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December 15, 2016

Do hackers decide our elections? Are the United States and Europe facing a new cyber attacks from Russia? Our guests: Malte Lehming (Tagesspiegel), Christiane Meier (ARD), Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Internet activist).

Our guests:

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Christiane Meier works as correspondent for the television channel ARD in Berlin. She says: “We have to encourage people not to blindly follow the echo-room news of their own peer group. Or in other words: Use your brain.”

 

 

Malte Lehming is the editor of the opinion page of "Der Tagesspiegel". He says: "After the allegedly massive Russian interference into the American election, president elect Donald Trump has to decide, whom to be loyal to - Wladimir Putin or American democracy and American Intelligence services like CIA and FBI."

 

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Daniel Domscheit-Berg, net activist and former spokesperson of Wikileaks, says: “Before we believe anyone, be that WikiLeaks, politicians or secret services, we should always ask for proof and not be satisfied with anything less."

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