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Markus Beckedahl
Founder & Managing Director, Center for Digital Rights and Democracy · Germany
✓ Verified current role· as of 2026-09-28
Markus Beckedahl is the CEO of Center for Digital Rights and Democracy. Beckedahl is based in Germany. Beckedahl was born in 1976 in Bonn.
German digital rights activist and journalist who founded netzpolitik.org in 2003 and served as editor-in-chief for nearly 20 years. Co-founder and curatorial director of the re:publica conference since 2007. Founded the Center for Digital Rights and Democracy in 2025.
Key Facts
Source: Wikidata ↗- Born
- 1976 · Bonn
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Awards
- Alternativer Medienpreis, Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant
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