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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.
Digital Politics at 100: What I got wrong
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IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and will be speaking at an online event about social media data access and attacks on independent research, organized by Columbia World Projects, the Centre for Digital Governance at the Hertie School and Tech Policy Press. It's at 16:00 CET / 10:00 ET on June 18. You can register here.

This week's edition marks Digital Politics' 100th newsletter. That's just under 260,000 words over 22 months on everything from Europe's stuttering digital rulebook to the United States' quixotic take on tech to the rise of the Middle Powers movement.

Not everything I've written stood the test of time. So I went back over the last two years to figure out what I got wrong, and why. Call it a mea culpa. Digital policymaking moves fast and the geopolitics have only grown more complex since 2024.

Thank you for reading along the way. I started this newsletter to understand what was going on around me. I find the weekly dispatches a useful way of framing my thinking. I hope you also find it useful.

Let's get started:

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