Event report

The event was held as a digital debate in the format “Forum”. Attached to the live stream was the Slido tool, where participants could write ideas, questions and comments, which were actively included in the debate. For the debate, discussions were held on how the EU works on the digital challenges faced by citizens through the GDPR and the Digital Services Act, among others. Views expressed in the debate: The GDPR gives you some very fundamental rights, but for many it is still a little difficult to find out how to use these rights. If you don‘t think you can control data yourself, people may think it doesn’t matter with their data. There is a lack of more nuanced options for data sharing. There is a lack of an option that makes the consent you have given valid throughout your journey on the Internet Ideas from the debate: Is it possible that the control the EU wants to get over Tech Giganter could be built up as a “fundamental law” which then builds laws upstairs? Can you impose requirements on companies’ protection of your data so that no data leaks occur? Should the EU help prevent disinformation online? Possibly by law and regulation. It should be as easy for users to say no, as to saying yes to, for example, cookies Number of participants in the debate: Participants from the Think Tank Monday morning’s website: 102 Participants from Monday morning’s Linked-In: 471 Participants from Monday morning’s Facebook: 444 Total: 1017