D64 - Center for Digital Progress

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D64 - Center for Digital Progress e. V. is a digital political association based in Berlin , whose aim is to actively, constructively and creatively shape the public debate about social change caused by the Internet , especially with regard to the political development of democracy in Germany. The association was founded in December 2011.

target

The member-based association founded in 2011 sees itself as a think tank and has set itself the goal of actively, constructively and creatively shaping this social development through digitization. D64 sees itself as a progressive think tank that wants to achieve political changes beyond just thinking. The basic values ​​of freedom, justice and solidarity function as a compass for the content orientation, and must be updated against the background of digitization.

In spring 2012, the association also issued a ten-point charter . These include, among other things, the demand for “free internet access for everyone”, “data protection based on fundamental rights”, the “consistent digitization of work and science” and for the preservation of the “borderless internet”.

activities

D64 got involved and is involved in many debates and campaigns on network politics . The association's campaign topics were the prevention of ancillary copyrights for press publishers , the prevention of data retention , the promotion of Creative Commons licenses , digital freedom of teaching materials and the prevention of upload filters in the controversial European directive on copyright .

In addition to the campaigns, the association regularly publishes blog posts and policy papers on various topics in the field of digital policy, e.g. B. a basic values ​​paper on artificial intelligence.

The association received a lot of attention in the discussions about the introduction of data retention in Germany. Among other things, the association provided sample applications for SPD branches in order to enforce a resolution not to introduce data retention at the SPD party convention in 2015. The association also supported the membership request of the SPD base to reject data retention. The law on data retention was finally passed by the grand coalition in 2015 , in spring 2016 D64 announced a constitutional complaint before the Federal Constitutional Court , which is still pending there.

In the campaign for the controversial European directive on copyright, D64 was active on various levels. In particular, the association made an appearance here as a co-caller for the Europe-wide demos against Article 13 of the Directive and with the campaign for message letters, which generated a sample letter that could be sent to MEPs.

reception

D64 sees itself as a non-party association supported by its statutes, even if "[it] is close to the social democratic idea in terms of content and some of the founding members are also members of the SPD."

The association is nevertheless identified in many places by its proximity to the SPD, comparable to similarly organized associations in the German political landscape , such as cnetz - Verein für Netzpolitik e. V. Medien interpreted the founding of D64 (and similar clubs and associations) primarily with the temporary rise of the pirate party and the non-occupation of net-political issues by existing parties.

In the media, the association is often clearly perceived through its campaigns in the area of ​​tension of network politics , especially when the association opposes positions of the grand coalition in general and the SPD leadership or the SPD-led ministries in particular.

Members

The registered association is based in Berlin and is recognized as a non-profit organization. In November 2018 the association had 496 members. The association is headed by two equal chairmen, since the last board election in 2018, these have been Laura-Kristine Krause and Henning Tillmann . The honorary board members also include the assessors Dejan Mihajlovic and Lena Stork as well as the treasurer Ralf Jäger. A voluntary advisory board supports the board. Its members are Malu Dreyer , Julia Reda , Judith Simon , Kathrin Passig , Laura Sophie Dornheim and Aya Jaff.

Other well-known members are Björn Böhning , Leonhard Dobusch , Saskia Esken , Bijan Kaffenberger , Valentina Kerst , Lars Klingbeil , Sven Krumbeck , Nico Lumma , Stephan Noller , Gerold Reichenbach , Martin Rosemann , René Schneider , Tiemo Wölken , Jens Zimmermann and Brigitte Zypries . The founding members included Teresa Bücker , Mercedes Bunz and Mario Sixtus .

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  2. ↑ Kai Biermann: The SPD is getting tutoring on network policy. In: Zeit Online. December 3, 2011, accessed February 5, 2016 .
  3. ^ "D64": German web celebrities founds Internet association. In: Spiegel Online. December 3, 2011, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Charter. (PDF, 125 kB) D64 - Center for Digital Progress e. V., 2012, accessed on May 2, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b Ulf Buermeyer: D64 organizes SPD internal resistance to data retention. In: netzpolitik.org. April 14, 2015, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Martin Holland: Another constitutional complaint against data retention. In: heise online. January 19, 2016, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Save your Internet - D64 and Bündnis call for a Europe-wide demo day on March 23rd! Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  8. ↑ #BotBrief: Your letter to the members of the European Parliament with the no to the upload filter! Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  9. ↑ heise online: "Voss must go" - More than 10,000 demonstrations in Cologne. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Jannis Brühl: Compromise with yourself . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2019, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed April 2, 2019]).
  11. ↑ n-tv NEWS: This reform almost only produces losers. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  12. ↑ FAQ. In: d-64.org. Retrieved May 2, 2016 .
  13. ↑ D64: Info tweet for d. Media: We are a digital-political association that is ONLY financed by membership fees. By no party. D64 is characterized by heterogeneity and critical members, including members of the SPD, other parties and many non-party members. In: @ D64eV. 2019, accessed April 2, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Christian Tretbar: How the grand coalition wants to divide up the new territory. In: Tagesspiegel.de. February 12, 2014, accessed May 3, 2016 .
  15. ↑ a b Michael König, Johannes Kuhn: What CNetz, D64 and Digiges want. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Online. April 5, 2012, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Martin Emmer: KommPol 2014 - Media Political Challenges in Germany. In: Carta.info. February 4, 2014, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Stefan Krempl: SPD thought leader: The planned digital program of the Social Democrats is not a big hit. In: heise online. December 8, 2015, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Max Biederbeck: Federal government starts new attempt to store data. In: WIRED Germany. April 15, 2015, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  19. ↑ Friedhelm Greis: NSA spy programs: D64 calls for no-spy seal for network technology. In: golem.de. April 14, 2015, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  20. ↑ Lars Haferkamp: SPD wants to invest 60 billion euros per year in the future. In: forward. March 3, 2016, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  21. ↑ Valentina Kerst, Nico Lumma: Topics, theses and a daily ticker: the D64 annual report 2015. In: d-64.org. February 1, 2016, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  22. ↑ a b Because of the darn 7th year! - D64's super exam elects new board and sets thematic accents for 2019. D64 eV, November 26, 2018, accessed on December 17, 2018 .
  23. ↑ D64 appoints new advisory board: make the future a utopia. In: d-64.org. D64 - Center for Digital Progress e. V., accessed on April 24, 2020 .
  24. ^ Members. In: d-64.org. D64 - Center for Digital Progress e. V., accessed on May 2, 2016 .