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Jun
01
Digital Politics at 100: What I got wrong

Digital Politics at 100: What I got wrong

The geopolitics of digital policymaking are more confusing and fast-paced than ever. Here is what I got wrong over the last two years.
10 min read
May
25
Postcard from Brussels: the digital sovereignty debate

Postcard from Brussels: the digital sovereignty debate

The conversation about Europe's own tech ambitions is now more nuanced — though political demands to cut ties with the US are still strong.
10 min read
May
18
Warning from the UK: how not to create digital policy

Warning from the UK: how not to create digital policy

The current political mess engulfing the country is a metaphor for how the UK failed to articulate a coherent, long-term digital policy strategy
9 min read
May
06
You say child safety, I say data protection

You say child safety, I say data protection

Online child safety has become the cause célèbre of digital policymaking. But it can fundamentally undermine the basic tenets of digital privacy.
10 min read
May
04
You say child safety, I say data protection

You say child safety, I say data protection

Online child safety has become the cause célèbre of digital policymaking. But it can fundamentally undermine the basic tenets of digital privacy.
10 min read
Apr
27
The two sides of digital sovereignty

The two sides of digital sovereignty

Washington and Brussels are pursuing opposing strategies that place defense and sovereignty at the heart of their digital policymaking agenda
9 min read
Apr
20
The global AI race deconstructed

The global AI race deconstructed

In the world of AI geopolitics, the US and China dominate models; Europe rules on governance; and everyone else is shifting toward open source.
9 min read
Apr
13
The EU-US tech relationship is still on life support

The EU-US tech relationship is still on life support

Transatlantic ties are as strained as ever. Washington's anger toward Brussels' digital antitrust rules are what's driving the current stand-off.
9 min read
Apr
06
Hungary's election: the digital frontline

Hungary's election: the digital frontline

The April 12 vote includes lots of AI slop and covert social media ads. But the digital trickery is unlikely to affect the overall outcome.
10 min read
Mar
30
Platform governance goes to court

Platform governance goes to court

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
11 min read