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heise online
German center-left tech
heise online is Germany's largest IT news portal, operated by the family-owned Heise Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG and funded through advertising, subscriptions, and commercial affiliates. It covers technology, digital policy, and science from an independent editorial standpoint rooted in German liberal-democratic values. Its coverage of the second Trump administration is broadly critical, consistent with mainstream German tech-focused media.
Owned byHeise Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG, a privately held family company founded by Heinz Heise in 1949 and currently led by Ansgar Heise
LeaningGerman center-left tech
On the administrationbroadly critical
5.5average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun