regulation

Jul
13
Platform governance: It's the design, stupid

Platform governance: It's the design, stupid

We're entering a new phase of social media oversight where enforcers want to tinker directly with how these platforms are designed.
10 min read
Jul
01
Postcard from New Hampshire: The digital translation problem

Postcard from New Hampshire: The digital translation problem

At a closed-door conference in New England, regulators and companies demonstrated, in real time, the difficulties of implementing digital rules.
10 min read
Jun
30
Postcard from New Hampshire: The digital translation problem

Postcard from New Hampshire: The digital translation problem

At a closed-door conference in New England, regulators and companies demonstrated the difficulties of implementing digital rules.
9 min read
Jun
08
Sovereign AI: the timing problem

Sovereign AI: the timing problem

Washington, Brussels and Ottawa laid out competing pitches for 'sovereign AI.' None of them keep pace with what industry is already building.
10 min read
Jun
03
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.
11 min read
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
11
How much would sovereign AI cost?

How much would sovereign AI cost?

Politicians talk a good game about spending more on artificial intelligence. But how much would it really cost to go it alone in the world of AI?
10 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
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