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This episode: Techno-Policing & Civic Control With: Sonja Peteranderl (Investigative Journalist, Founder of BuzzingCities Lab, DE) and Matthias Monroy (Journalist, Activist, Expert on Civil Rights, Policing, and Security Technologies, DE). This podcast was recorded at nGbK, October 16 2025. You can download Matthias's slides, and find links to research by Sonja on the event page.

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Sonja Peteranderl is an investigative journalist and the founder of BuzzingCities Lab – a think tank focusing on violence, crime and the impact of technology – and The School of Conflict & Peace. She covers organized crime, violence, relationship & digital violence, security/policing and tech trends, from predictive policing to criminal innovation for SWR Vollbild, SPIEGEL, Zeit or AlgorithmWatch. She teaches at the Hamburg Media School and is a mediator (International Peace Mediation).

Matthias Monroy is a journalist, activist, and expert on civil rights, policing, and security technologies in Europe. He works as editor for the civil rights journal Bürgerrechte & Polizei/CILIP and for nd.DerTag. His data-driven research and critical reporting published also in left-wing media relates to police practices, digital surveillance and European security policy.

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