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"Once you discover the person behind the hate, the war is over." That was the message from Heather Armstrong, single Mum, Mummy blogger and constant target for hate comments.

The participants are the lifeblood of the re:publica. But just how spontaneous is the digital elite? The volunteers from the Bayerischen Rundfunk scouted the location to try and find out.

In the opening keynote of the re:publica, speakers Mishi Choudhary and Eben Moglen from Software Freedom Law Center asserted the revolution of the "encrypted internet".

Greenpeace Netherlands has gotten hold of over 248 pages from the TTIP documents. The organisation announced the leak on Monday morning at the re:publica. The documents contain claims and demands from the EU and the USA.

The founders of the re:publica inaugurated the anniversary edition of the conference to thunderous applause in the STATION Berlin, with old collaborators and colleagues onstage who have been there since day one: Kathrin Passig, Nicole Ebber, Tim Pritlove and Thomas Knüwer.