Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer
Co-Lead Platform Auditing and Regulation
Kathy Meßmer is the SNV's project director in "Strengthening the Digital Public Sphere and Platform Regulation" and works on approaches to analyse and evaluate AI-based recommendation systems for internet intermediaries.
Her focus lies in strengthening the public sphere in digital literacy. Her approach is based on technical, sociological and policy perspectives. Kathy Meßmer is currently working on auditing recommender systems in social networks. From 2019-2021, she led the widely acclaimed study on digital news and information literacy "Source: the Internet".
Previously, she was managing director of the “Research Institute for Societal Development” and was responsible for strategic partner development and sales in the role of Lead Strategic Development at the opinion research start-up Civey.
The sociologist with a doctorate is a co-initiator of #aufschrei, the first hashtag, which was awarded the Grimme Online Award in 2013. In 2008/2009, she supported the SPD party executive and Gesine Schwan during her election campaign for Federal President and let her experience as assistant director contribute to the documentary film "Sozialdemokraten - 18 Monate unter Genossen" (ARD) directed by Grimme Award winner Lutz Hachmeister. As a researcher, Meßmer was responsible for research projects on political and social issues at the Institute for Media and Communication Policy, at the Technical University of Berlin, and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
Publications by Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer
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Auditing Recommender Systems. An Overview Of Existing Audits, Risk Assessments and Studies on Potential "VLOPs"
Alexander Hohlfeld, Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Dr. Martin Degeling
March 22, 2023
policy-brief
Auditing Recommender Systems
Putting the DSA into practice with a risk-scenario-based approach
Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Dr. Martin Degeling
February 7, 2023
policy-brief
„Quelle: Internet“?
Digitale Nachrichten- und Informationskompetenzen der deutschen Bevölkerung im Test
Alexander Sängerlaub, Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Leonie Schulz
March 22, 2021
policy-brief
Source: the internet
Testing digital news and information literacy in Germany
Alexander Sängerlaub, Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Leonie Schulz
March 22, 2021
Other Input from Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer
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TikTok's Impact on Consumer Rights: A Closer Look!
Alexander Hohlfeld, Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Dr. Martin Degeling, Greta Hess
June 7, 2024
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Response to the European Commission's Consultation on Digital Services Act (DSA) transparency database
Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Dr. Julian Jaursch, Dr. Martin Degeling
July 11, 2023
position-statement
Auditing platforms under the DSA: SNV's consultation response on a draft delegated act
Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Dr. Julian Jaursch, Dr. Martin Degeling
June 2, 2023
position-statement
Data access rules in the DSA: SNV's response to the European Commission's call for evidence
Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Dr. Julian Jaursch, Dr. Martin Degeling
May 23, 2023
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Fake News - schwieriger zu erkennen als gedacht
Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer
March 22, 2021
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Studie zu Fake News im Netz. Wie erkennen User:innen #Falschnachrichten? #Fakenews
Dr. Anna-Katharina Meßmer
March 22, 2021
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