Telepolis
German internet publication with a focus on (geo)politics |




Started: 1996
Founders: Armin Medosch, Florian Rötzer
Owner: Heise
Telepolis is a German Internet magazine founded by journalists Armin Medosch and Florian Rötzer with a focus on privacy, science, culture, internet-related and general politics and geopolitics.
History
Telepolis published a lot of articles after 9-11 that were skeptical and pointed out the inconsistencies of the official narrative. During the time it was headed by Florian Rötzer, it's editorial policy was generally very critical of US wars in the middle east. Harald Neuber took over from him in January 2021. In December 2024 all articles published before 2021 were removed to be put through "quality control",[1] by which almost a quarter of a century of reporting was deleted.[2][3]
The move might be related to the building up of military infrastructure around Europe, to complicate the search for arguments against US imperialism by German speaking peace activists.
For most of it's time, the website was hosted directly on the Heise domain: heise.de/tp/