The Ongoing Fight between Big Tech and the Regulators – How to Secure the Democracy?

June 3, 2025

Panel discussion with lawyer Adele Matheson Mestad, tech specialist Richard Gingras, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, Agnese Lāce, and State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality, Erlend Kaldestad Hanstveit. Moderated by Jette F. Christensen.

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Adele Matheson Mestad

Adele Matheson Mestad is a Norwegian lawyer and partner at the law firm BAHR. She was the...

Agnese Lace

Agnese Lāce is the Minister for Culture of the Republic of Latvia, a position she has he...

Richard Gingras

Richard was the longtime global vice president for news at Google. In that role, he focus...

Erlend Kaldestad Hanstveit

Erlend Kaldestad Hanstveit (born 1981) is State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and ...

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The Ongoing Fight between Big Tech and the Regulators – How to Secure the Democracy?

Participating in this event

Adele Matheson Mestad

Agnese Lace

Richard Gingras

Erlend Kaldestad Hanstveit

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