and anonymous comments online those pose a serious threat to freedom where is the line between freedom of expression and criminal incitement and harassment the question remains highly contested. berlin based repubblica is one of the biggest conferences in the world on the subject of digitalisation each year participants enjoy heated debates on its impact on democracy journalist patrick state a man himself an avid user of social media has been examining this development for many years. young gunslinger for a long time we believe the digitalisation benefited freedom what we're seeing now is that surveillance technology the predominant private companies are in danger in . the fog. and another buzzword is also encroaching. in our freedom fake news stadium on c s 2 major parties primarily responsible for the deliberate dissemination of dissent from a nation. that gives some political activists have mastered the art of using social