Big Tech Must Go!

Digital monopolies shape ever larger parts of our lives. The platforms are increasingly controlling the public formation of political opinion and at the same time abolishing our free market economy. Digital expert Martin Andree shows in detail how far the hostile takeover of our society by the tech giants has already progressed - and how we could reclaim the Internet.

Prof. Dr. Martin Andree lehrt Medienwissenschaft an der Universität zu Köln. Er forscht seit mehr als 15 Jahren zur Dominanz von Big Tech. Führende deutsche Medien (u.a. öffentlich-rechtliches Fernsehen und führende Zeitungen) und Konferenzen (u.a. der Digitalgipfel der Bundesregierung) greifen für Beiträge zu diesem Thema regelmäßig auf seine Expertise zurück. Im Jahr 2020 veröffentlichte er den hoch angesehenen 'Atlas der digitalen Welt'. Er erhielt den Günter-Wallraff-Sonderpreis für Pressefreiheit und Menschenrechte für das Buch 'Big Tech muss weg' (2023).
Prof. Dr. Martin Andree teaches media science at Cologne University in Germany. He has been doing research on the dominance of Big Tech for more than 15 years. Leading German media (including public television and leading newspapers) and conferences (including the Digital Summit of the Federal German Government) regularly call on his expertise for contributions on this subject. In 2020, he published the book 'Atlas der digitalen Welt', which has a strong reputation. He received the Günter Wallraff Special Award for Press Freedom and Human Rights for his book 'Big Tech muss weg!' (2023), which has also been published in English ('Big Tech Must Go!', 2025). He studied in Cologne, Münster, Cambridge and Harvard.