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The Real-World Consequences of WikiLeaks
3-Days Symposium · 19–21 March 2026
HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1), Berlin
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Read the research papers from our fellows Lisa Ling (Whistleblower, Technologist, former Technical Sergeant, US Air Force Drone Surveillance Programme, US), Jack Poulson (Executive Director, Tech Inquiry, US), Joana Moll (Artist and Researcher, Professor of Networks, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, ES/DE) and Naomi Colvin (Whistleblower Advocate and UK/Ireland/Belgium Programme Director at Blueprint for Free Speech, UK).
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Since 2014 Disruption Network Lab has worked to expose systems of power and injustice. Like many nonprofit organizations that have been working on culture and social justice for many years, we cannot ignore the current humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, in Ukraine, and in other warzones in the world. We demand a collective effort to bring an end to the hostilities and we call for an immediate ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the cessation of attacks on health care and other vital infrastructure. The extreme suffering of innocent people, who pay the highest price of any war, demands that we respond immediately and concretely with humanity and compassion and contribute to uncover the wrongdoing of the powerful.
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Examining the intersection of politics, technology, and society, the Disruption Network Lab exposes the misconduct and wrongdoing of the powerful.
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ARTIVISM · Unmasking Power as Art: Sharing Tactics & Practice · Mike Bonanno & Jeff Walburn / The Yes Men (Artists & Activists, US), Cornelia Sollfrank (Artist, DE). Moderated by Klara Hobza (Visual Artist, CZ/DE).
Smart Prisons · Targeted by Surveillance · Stella Assange (Julian Assange's wife, Lawyer, UK), Kevin Gosztola (Journalist, Dissenter Newsletter Editor, US). Introduced and moderated by Stefania Maurizi (Investigative Journalist, IT).
Madness · Art and Survivor Empowerment · Marcello Lussana (Sound Designer, Researcher, IT/DE), Anika Krbetschek (Artist, DE), Dolly Sen (Artist and Activist, UK). Moderated by Lily Martin (Researcher, Pop-up Institut, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, DE).
Transitioning · Insurgent Hearts · Dahlia Damoiselle (U.S. Military Veteran, Educator, Sex Worker, US). Moderated by Jay Bernard (Writer & Activist, UK/DE). · More from Transitioning
The Kill Cloud · The Future of War: Drone Surveillance, Killer Robots & Lethal AI Weapons · Laura Nolan, Jack Poulson, Taniel Yusef, Theresa Züger · More from The Kill Cloud
Whistleblowing for Change · United States VS. Reality Winner · Reality Winner, Billie Winner-Davis, Sonia Kennebeck, John Kiriakou & Anna Myers
Disruption Network Lab:
Exposing Systems of Power & Injustice
Disruption Network Lab is an ongoing programme of events and research focused on the intersection of culture, politics, technology and society. We are a Berlin-based nonprofit organisation in Germany (Disruption Network Lab e. V.) that has since 2014 organised participatory, interdisciplinary, international events at the intersection of human rights and technology with the objective of strengthening freedom of speech, and exposing the misconduct and wrongdoing of the powerful.
Disruption Network Lab organises inter-disciplinary conferences at the interface of scholarship and politics and local meetups throughout the year.
PARTNERS 2026
Disruption Network Lab is part of New Perspectives for Action (2023-2027). A project by Re-Imagine Europe, a collaboration between Paradiso and Sonic Acts (NL), Elevate Festival (Austria), A4 (SK), INA GRM (FR), Borealis (NO), KONTEJNER (HR), RUPERT (LT), Semibreve (PT), Parco d’Arte Vivente (IT), Disruption Network Lab (DE), BEK (NO), Kontrapunkt (MK) and Radio Web MACBA (ES).
Co-funded by the European Union.
Thank you to all our previous partners and supporters.
