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As Senior Advocacy & Policy Manager, Clara analyzes political issues such as platform regulation, particularly the Digital Services Act, and the impact of AI on democracy. Before joining AlgorithmWatch, she worked at abgeordnetenwatch.de, a German anti-corruption organization, in corporate lobbying and PR at an international public affairs agency, as well as at the science museum of Göttingen University. Clara studied political science in Bremen, Leipzig, and Istanbul.
2024 is an important election year. While citizens all over the world get ready to cast their ballot, many people worry about AI: Are chatbots and fake images a threat to democracy? Can we still trust what we see online? We explain why the hype around AI and elections is somewhat overblown and which real risks we need to watch out for instead.