# Digital Politics > Weekly analysis of how the political and digital worlds are colliding worldwide Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. Use `/llms-full.txt` for consolidated page and post context. Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`). ## Pages - [Welcome to Digital Politics](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/about.md) - Digital Politics is Mark Scott's weekly newsletter on EU, US, UK and global digital governance — read by senior policy professionals worldwide - [Advertising ethical policy](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/advertising-ethical-policy.md) - I started Digital Politics as a way to understand how the worlds of tech and politics were colliding like never before. The newsletter is my attempt to unpack what is going on with digital policymaking in a way that is both nonpartisan and opinionated. Readers come to Digital Politics for impartial… - [Newsletter](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter.md) - Independent weekly analysis covering AI, platform regulation, digital sovereignty and the geopolitics of technology. Free issues available. ## Posts - [The global battle for AI, revisited](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/global-ai-governance-rules-regulation-national-security-2026free.md) - Inside the geopolitical fight to control artificial intelligence that has placed national security and economic growth above anything else. - [Postcard from New Hampshire: The digital translation problem](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/digital-regulation-tech-sovereignty-2026free.md) - At a closed-door conference in New England, regulators and companies demonstrated, in real time, the difficulties of implementing digital rules. - [Digital Politics at 100: What I got wrong](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/what-i-got-wrong-digital-politics-100-free.md) - The geopolitics of digital policymaking are more confusing and fast-paced than ever. Here is what I got wrong over the last two years. - [You say child safety, I say data protection](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter096free.md) - Online child safety has become the cause célèbre of digital policymaking. But it can fundamentally undermine the basic tenets of digital privacy. - [Platform governance goes to court](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter091free.md) - Four separate lawsuits — two in the US, two in Europe — are part of a growing shift toward litigation as a means to hold social media accountable - [Digital sovereignty: Hope versus reality](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter090free.md) - People across the 27-country bloc want to break free from services provided by US tech. They are just not hopefully that strategy is realistic. - [Postcard from Brussels: the digital vibe shift](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter087free.md) - Europe's views on digital sovereignty, online competition and social media oversight are changing amid a generational geopolitical realignment. - [Tech policy is now industrial policy](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter083free.md) - Digital policymaking is undergoing a fundamental revamp toward how technology affects the offline world — and not just what happens online. - [What will happen in tech policy during 2026?](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter079free.md) - Will this year mark the end of US digital leadership? Will AI slop overrun elections worldwide? Here are my predictions for the next 12 months. - [The complicated world of kids' online safety](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter075free.md) - Efforts to protect children from online harm have become a proxy for a wider battle to impose greater oversight on social media giants worldwide. - [Europe's 'Jekyll and Hyde' tech strategy](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter071free.md) - Two upcoming events within the 27-country bloc again demonstrate how the EU can't make up its mind on its ambitions for digital policymaking. - [Looking beyond the AI hype](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter070.md) - Amid the current craze around artificial intelligence, policymakers should not overlook the large gaps in what we understand about social media. - [Social media at a time of war](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter066free.md) - As geopolitical tensions rise and real-world conflicts continue, platforms are failing to tackle illegal content to keep their users safe online. - [Online safety's day in court](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter061free.md) - Upcoming court rulings may significantly overhaul efforts to impose online safety rules on some of the world's biggest companies. - [In defense of digital political ads](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter057free.md) - Separate decisions from Meta and Google to close digital political ads offerings in the EU are a direct attack on free speech and transparency. - [The Fake News Factory](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter053free.md) - We are entering a new era of social media where everyone lives in digital silos and the cost of spreading falsehoods is next to nothing. - [Platform governance: myths vs reality](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter049free.md) - There's an increasingly political battle raging over what happens on social media worldwide. Here's what is really going on in 2025. - [Can we fix the digital transatlantic relationship?](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter044free.md) - Diplomatic relations between the US and EU on tech are the worst they've been in 20 years. Here are three ways to improve the current stalemate. - [A game plan for middle powers](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter039free.md) - Countries can successfully navigate between the US, China and European Union on digital policy — so long as they make the right bets. - [Rethinking tech sovereignty](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter038free.md) - In an era where long-standing geopolitical ties are faltering, it's time to figure out what this concept actually means — before it's too late - [Social media is a black box. Here's how to fix that](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter037.md) - Workshops to understand how to make social media more accountable highlighted four ways these platforms can be more transparent to outsiders - [How to navigate Washington and Brussels: a tech policy guide](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter034free.md) - Tensions between the US and EU have never been higher — including on digital. Here's what you need to know. - [What Germany's election teaches us about foreign interference](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter033.md) - The failure of foreign interference to play a role in the country's election doesn't means it's time to claim victory in this never-ending fight - [What you need to know about France's AI Action Summit](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter029free.md) - The upcoming summit in Paris will include efforts to boost AI governance. But for Emmanuel Macron, it's all about promoting French industry. - [Postcard from London: Will the UK's real digital policy please stand up?](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter027free.md) - The country's approach to digital policy blows hot and cold. That does London a disservice amid heightened tensions around tech worldwide - [The miseducation of Jan 6](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter023free.md) - Four years after the Capitol Hill violence, tech companies are now unwilling to wade into thorny content moderation decisions on divisive topics. - [5 Things to know about the DSA risk assessments and audits](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter020free.md) - The first-ever mandatory assessment of social media's impact on wider society was a good start. But much still needs to improve. - [Postcard from Paris: politics vs policy](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter018free.md) - France's internal political implosion is blunting the country's ambitions to rewrite Europe's approach to tech and industrial policy - [The US election goes digital](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter014free.md) - Everything you need to know about the online side of the US election - [Q&A: Content moderation under Europe's Digital Services Act](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter009free.md) - A spin-off from Meta's quasi-Supreme Court is delving into the complex world of deciding which posts should be allowed on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok - [Australia's digital rulemaking](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter007.md) - G'DAY. THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and when it comes to playing the long game, it turns out that Spain (and, most notably, the Spanish Armada) is in a class of its own. Bien hecho, compadres. Let's get started: — We're going deep on Australia's approach to digital policymaking this we… - [We're the UN, and we're here to help](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter006.md) - The United Nations is extending its reach into all forms of digital rulemaking — and that is giving authoritarian regimes a say in how the global internet is governed. - [The lopsided (digital) US election](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter005.md) - WELCOME TO A BONUS EDITION OF DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and sometimes, I still miss my life as a journalist — especially when this type of story is just born to be written. Let's get started: — With just under seven weeks to go before November's election in the United States, something stra… - [To regulate or to compete?](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter004.md) - IT'S MONDAY AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and as I enter the third week of my new job, I bring you actual footage of me now that the work has kicked off for real. Let's get started: — Europe is caught between doubling down on regulation and embracing its inner-American to compete in… - [The AI election global boomerang](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter003.md) - WELCOME BACK TO DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and I am an unashamed coffee snob. So, as we shift from summer to the fall, I've already heard the four words that I dread this time of year: pumpkin spice latte season. Some logistics from me. I'm going to be in Brussels Sept. 19-20, then again on… - [The year ahead: what I'm watching (part two)](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter002.md) - DIGITAL POLITICS IS LIKE A CITY BUS. You wait around for ages, and then two come along at once. I'm Mark Scott, and this is a bonus (inaugural) edition of the newsletter. You can find part one here. I am nothing but fair and impartial in my analysis. And that also goes for the memes that I include… - [The year ahead: what I'm watching (part one)](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter001.md) - WELCOME TO DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and this is how I spent my Saturday. I got up, had breakfast, and spent more than four hours waiting to buy Oasis tickets. And then, after all that, Ticketmaster's algorithm raised the prices through the roof. In honor of that, I give you this. As I star… - [Welcome to Digital Politics](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/coming-soon.md) - The first newsletter will drop on Sept 2. ## Optional - [RSS Feed](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/rss/) - [Sitemap](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/sitemap.xml) - [Full content of pages and posts](https://www.digitalpolitics.co/llms-full.txt)