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  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Businesses scent a tech opportunity in Ukraine war

    As a test bed for new technologies, the conflict prompts perverse enthusiasm from companies — and worries about over-dependence

  • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
    Technology regulation
    It’s time to let go of the global internet dream

    Democracies must step up and regulate the online world as it is, rather than how they want it to be

    Sunlight shines through water onto an undersea cable
  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    We need to keep CEOs away from AI regulation

    Policymakers must not let complexity stop them from doing their job

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
    Technology regulation
    Regulating AI will put companies and governments at loggerheads

    AI developers and lawmakers would benefit from a deeper understanding of each other

    AI developer Geoffrey Hinton speaks during  an exclusive interview by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper at a Tokyo hotel in 2019
  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    Cyber Security
    National security is teaching the US to love tech controls

    America once shied away from ‘the r-word’ but tech now faces a regulation revolution

    A hand holds up a smartphone with the TikTok logo on the screen with a US and Chinese flag in the background
  • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
    Technology sector
    Tech lay-offs are a golden opportunity for the public sector

    There is a wealth of talent out there ready to be snapped up to work for the common good

    Aerial of the Silicon Valley glowing during nighttime
  • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
    Technology regulation
    US regulatory action on the tech sector may come too late — or not at all

    New EU laws could set an example to Washington in reining in social media platforms, AI and crypto

  • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
    Cyber Security
    Tech companies must start sharing intelligence to avert global conflicts

    A dialogue would keep governments alert to threats and allow firms to access state support in crises

    Two soldiers run towards an apartment building as a fire consumes it
  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    X Corp
    What Musk’s first week at Twitter tells us

    The world’s richest man must now assume responsibility for the platform’s many choices and trade-offs

    Elon Musk says he wants to protect free speech on Twitter, but this is likely to clash with other responsibilities such as tackling disinformation
  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    X Corp
    If Elon Musk does buy Twitter, free speech absolutism will not be enough

    The possible new owner of the platform will soon learn how hard it is to retain the trust of users

    Young women use mobile phones
  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Big tech
    Privacy concerns should not block EU’s attempts to curb big tech power

    While there are details to come about combining security and competition in the Digital Markets Act, it is not mission impossible

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Big Tech faces a moral reckoning in Ukraine

    Platforms need to be more transparent on changing their business models over Russia’s aggression

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    Political espionage
    The EU must decide how to limit the use of spyware by member states

    Accusations the Polish government used NSO technology against political opponents put pressure on Brussels

    Polish opposition politician Krzysztof Brejza
  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Social Media
    Greater online transparency is the key to defending democracy

    The fallout from the assault on the US Capitol has drawn fresh attention to the dangers posed by social media

    A social media post in support of the US Capitol riots. Over the past year, remarkably little has changed to ensure that hate speech does not again lead to violence
  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Technology sector
    Europe needs to wake up to the costs of hosting massive data centres

    Meanwhile, companies must be more transparent in their planning applications

    A Google data centre in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. Google and Microsoft data centres in the Dutch town of Wieringermeer are expected to consume 525 cubic meters of drinking water per hour
  • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
    NSO Group Technologies
    We need a new global standard to curb intrusive spyware

    When tech companies can freely undermine national security, democracies are at risk

    A smartphone with the website of Israel’s NSO Group
  • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
    Technology regulation
    US tech needs to do a great deal better when it comes to democracy

    From Facebook to Google, there is a gaping hole between rhetoric and action

    Frances Haugen, Facebook whistleblower, arrives to testify at a Senate committee hearing in Washington on Tuesday
  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
    Cyber Security
    Data and knowledge must be protected against cyber attack

    Protection for critical infrastructure is too often awarded using outdated criteria

    A computer set up
  • Monday, 26 July, 2021
    Big tech
    Big Tech calls for ‘regulation’ but is fuzzy on the details

    Silicon Valley says it wants more oversight yet does little to promote it in practice

    Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, delivering a speech on AI in 2020
  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    Internet privacy
    Citizens’ rights need better protection in a digital world

    Inadequate government action is letting private companies set the rules

    We still have not solved the question of who should govern the use of digital technologies
  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Big tech
    Australia’s fight with Big Tech previews other battles to come

    The country’s new law highlights how platforms are more interested in following their own rules than being held accountable

    The gap between Facebook and media companies underlines a stark imbalance of power
  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Big tech
    Big Tech is trying to take governments’ policy role

    Google, Facebook and others want to set the rules, but without a mandate or oversight

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Technology regulation
    China’s move on Ant makes the fight on Big Tech global

    Powerful companies are impinging on the norm-setting roles of governments themselves

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Technology regulation
    Weakened democracy is another harm caused by Big Tech

    Using antitrust regulations to repair and prevent such damage is not enough

  • Sunday, 23 August, 2020
    Technology sector
    EU risks being dethroned as world’s lead digital regulator

    Donald Trump’s tussle with TikTok and Huawei holds a lesson for European politicians

    The Trump administration has adopted unprecedented sanctions against Chinese technology group Huawei
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