{"id":12685,"date":"2026-10-14T18:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/?post_type=events&#038;p=12685"},"modified":"2026-10-14T18:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:01:36","slug":"deepfakes-challenges-for-democracy-society-and-the-law","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/events\/deepfakes-challenges-for-democracy-society-and-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepfakes\u2014Challenges for Democracy, Society, and the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Realistic, AI-generated images, videos, and voices pose new challenges to democracy, society, and the law. How do deepfakes influence public opinion and trust in information? What risks do they pose to individuals\u2019 personal rights? And what opportunities and limitations exist for addressing these developments through legal and regulatory means?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event examines these questions from the perspectives of communication studies, political science, and law. The focus is on the societal impacts of deepfakes, the protection of individuals, and European guidelines for regulating artificial intelligence, including the challenges of implementing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group Pattern-Publications has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our guests are:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/fellow\/nadine-klass\/\">Nadine Klass<\/a>, Professor at the University of Augsburg and Co-Director of the Institute for Copyright and Media Law in Munich<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law-school.de\/profil\/linda-kuschel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linda Kuschel<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Law and Digitalization at Bucerius Law School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de\/fachbereich-sowi\/professuren\/moeller\/team\/moeller-judith.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judith M\u00f6ller<\/a>, Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute for Media Research and Professor at the University of Hamburg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moderation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>tbd<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three short keynote presentations will serve as the starting point for a subsequent group discussion. The event is aimed at legal professionals as well as the interested general public. There will be an opportunity for questions from the audience afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will be held in German.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Venue<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bucerius Law School, Moot Court, Jungiussstra\u00dfe 6, 20355 Hamburg<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group DownloadButton Pattern-Single-DownloadButton has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6000fdd8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button DownloadButton__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/pretix.eu\/lawschool\/261111\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In cooperation with<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group Pattern-Logos has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full Logos__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law-school.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1532\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BLS-00120-Logos_RGB_04092020_Hochschule_Rechtswissenschaft.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BLS-00120-Logos_RGB_04092020_Hochschule_Rechtswissenschaft.jpg 1532w, https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BLS-00120-Logos_RGB_04092020_Hochschule_Rechtswissenschaft-768x207.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BLS-00120-Logos_RGB_04092020_Hochschule_Rechtswissenschaft-1024x276.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BLS-00120-Logos_RGB_04092020_Hochschule_Rechtswissenschaft-800x216.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BLS-00120-Logos_RGB_04092020_Hochschule_Rechtswissenschaft-600x162.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BLS-00120-Logos_RGB_04092020_Hochschule_Rechtswissenschaft-400x108.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1532px) 100vw, 1532px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group Logos__text has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide Pattern-Image-Credits Accordion Accordion--accordionList Accordion--imageCredits has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide Accordion__list is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group Accordion__item has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f36ac205 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading Accordion__title has-xlarge-font-size\">Image Information<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group Accordion__wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group Accordion__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portraits in der Collage: \u00a9J. 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