Thomas Lohninger
Thomas Lohninger is Executive Director of the Austrian digital rights NGO Epicenter.works and VP of EDRi.
Sessions
This talk will give a brief introduction into two EU bills that should top of mind for the digital rights and hacker community. The negotiations for the digital identity and digital euro proposals have the potential to for tectonic change in the digital age. This talk will provide basic info, explain a bit how the EU works and try to mobilise more people to join the debate.
How to hack the European Parliament by giving voters a voice in the decisions on the floor.
Contacting your representative in Parliament is not as easy as it should be. What are their email addresses, phone numbers, social network profiles? Are they in Brussels or in Strasbourg right now? How much will it cost to call someone in France anyway? What should you even say to them? And does it even make sense to talk to that particular person, or are they so fundamentally opposed to your request that it would be a waste of time?