Burda CEO Kallen: Europe needs its own digital infrastructure
“We need to make regulations for the existing players on how our infrastructure should look like. These regulations must reflect Europe’s values, values such as data protection, data security, data integrity. But again: Everything starts with the realization that we need to build our own digital infrastructure. Technology is never value-neutral. The code is the law. When it comes to 5G or energy supply, we talk about infrastructure and processes for years. Not when it comes to the internet.”
– Burda CEO Paul-Bernhard Kallen in “We need a concerted effort”, (Kallen criticizes that the US tech companies dictate the rules. He advocates for the construction of our own digital infrastructure and demands that Europe enforces its own rights and values), Handelsblatt, August 3, 2020, No. 147
