Welcome to Digital Politics

Digital Politics is Mark Scott's weekly newsletter on EU, US, UK and global digital governance — read by senior policy professionals worldwide

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Hi. I'm Mark Scott — a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Democracy + Technology Initiative and a research fellow at the Hertie School Center for Digital Governance in Berlin. I spent more than 15 years covering digital policy as a senior correspondent at the New York Times and POLITICO, where I built a newsletter audience of more than 85,000 readers.

Digital Politics is my independent weekly newsletter on global digital policymaking. After 100 issues, it tells you what is actually happening in digital governance — not what the press release says.

That means comparative analysis of AI governance, platform regulation, digital sovereignty, antitrust enforcement and the geopolitics of technology — across the European Union, United States, United Kingdom and beyond. It includes assessments of the emerging digital strategies of Middle Powers and the G2 dynamic between Washington and Beijing.

Readers include senior government officials, policy researchers, technology company executives and civil society advocates across the EU, the US and elsewhere.

There are two paid tiers — Expert at $100/year and Guru at $250/year — and a free monthly edition published on the first Wednesday of each month. You can subscribe here.

Couple of caveats. These are my opinions, based on years of digital policy work. They don't reflect those of my employers. I'm going to make mistakes. If you spot something you think is off, email me at digitalpolitics@protonmail.com.

For what I've already written, a full list of Digital Politics' editions is here.