re:publica Vienna: THROUGH THE TECH-JUNGLE TO THE BORDERS – HOW BORDERS BECAME AN EXPERIMENTAL FIELD FOR BIG TECH
Okto TV
How are digitization and surveillance changing Europe's borders? In this talk, migration researcher Judith Kohlenberger and journalist Franziska Grillmeier discuss biometric data collection, new border technologies, and their impacts on human rights and ecosystems. Dennis Miškić moderates the conversation. Journalist and human rights activist Anna Alboth contributes a video message and reports on her research along the eastern EU external border.
How are digitization and surveillance changing Europe's borders? In this talk, migration researcher Judith Kohlenberger and journalist Franziska Grillmeier discuss biometric data collection, new border technologies, and their impacts on human rights and ecosystems. Dennis Miškić moderates the conversation. Journalist and human rights activist Anna Alboth contributes a video message and reports on her research along the eastern EU external border.
The first re:publica Vienna brought the most important European festival for digital society, politics, technology, and culture to Austria for the first time. From October 2 to 3, 2026, the Kulturhaus Brotfabrik became a venue for debates and keynotes with international speakers. The teams from OKTO and Moment Magazin recorded the events and have been presenting the videos since October 5 in the slots at 6:00 PM and 11:10 PM.