Data governance and security

The rise of flexible working patterns, and how digitalization and AI are shaping the future of work.

The Common Futures Conversations community share their policy proposals for how communities and governments can deliver responsible technology.

Explaining what is meant by the metaverse, how the metaverse will be accessed, and why it requires ambitious, agile regulation.

What are the practical, legal and ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and how can regulation help meet these challenges?

Angelos Chryssogelos outlines why social media platforms have the potential to change in bringing together users from different backgrounds and with different beliefs.

Anthony Zacharzewski explores the challenges involved in trying to fix democracy in a period when society generally is facing huge upheaval.

Common Futures Conversations is developing an online platform for dialogue between young people in Africa and Europe on key issues affecting their future and that of their communities.

The whistleblower at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica revelations which triggered government investigations on both sides of the Atlantic and pushed privacy concerns into the spotlight.

For all of human history, politics has been driven by human activities and the interactions of humans within, and between, networks.

As differences in political values and priorities intensify global cooperation on AI safety, scientist-led venues demonstrate their worth.

China’s unique environment for the development and implementation of AI provides critical insights into how this technology may impact workers and businesses around the world.

Cybercrime is a growing threat to global prosperity and national security. Recent attacks against critical services across the world have highlighted the need for countries to take a collaborative and strategic response.

Technologies developed by the private sector can exacerbate gendered cyber harms, but also have the potential to counter and mitigate them.

While the e-evidence framework is an important step, major differences with other parts of the world must be overcome to achieve real progress in the fight against cybercrime.

The former top American general tells Lynne O’Donnell about the threat of China, how Ukraine has changed warfare and why the West must focus on Africa.

Now is the moment for governments to wrest the initiative from the tech sector and use AI to innovate for the public good, writes Alex Krasodomski.

The expert on technological change talks to Roxanne Escobales about the potential of AI, principles-based regulation and the disruptive impacts of ‘flash growth’.

In computing, medicine and other fields, quantum tech holds promise – but major power rivalry threatens progress, write Marion Messmer, James Shires and Armida van Rij.

Britain should seize the summit’s opportunity to take on a problem-solving role in the global effort on AI governance, writes Olivia O’Sullivan.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can transform lives but policy and regulation must ensure it benefits all rather than maintains the status quo for a privileged few.

Antony Loewenstein argues persuasively that Israel profits from surveilling Palestine, but should have spoken more to those it’s watching, writes Mairav Zonszein.

The case of Iran shows that countering covert action in the digital age requires transparency, persistence and international cooperation. But also that it is unrealistic to expect states to stop completely.

The rise of flexible working patterns, and how digitalization and AI are shaping the future of work.

Many of the assumptions that underpin current AI policies are entrenched despite the fact that they are unproven and face criticism for not representing the interests of all stakeholders.

Addressing the sale of digital insecurity requires addressing its root causes and a coherent response from states, civil society, and the private sector.

How to regulate digital platforms, the last fortress for democratic and participatory civic engagement.

The Common Futures Conversations community share their policy proposals for how communities and governments can deliver responsible technology.

The proposed UN cybercrime convention has risks and opportunities for defining and protecting vulnerable groups.

The UK government talks big when it comes to digital technology, but cooperation with the US and EU is key to ensuring it achieves genuine global success.

Explaining what is meant by the metaverse, how the metaverse will be accessed, and why it requires ambitious, agile regulation.

There are substantial, yet surmountable, barriers to unlocking digitalization’s environmental potential.

Roxanne Escobales talks to the author who discovered a nest of Cold War secret service poets in East Germany

What are the practical, legal and ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and how can regulation help meet these challenges?

Amid global competition to define the rules and standards around digital innovation, policymakers in the US, EU and UK will need to cooperate in promoting governance models rooted in support for democratic values and a free and open internet.

What are the opportunities for progress on international regulation of the digital economy?

How can international consensus be reached on technical standards for the technology sector?

A new mini-series from Undercurrents explores international cooperation on regulating the tech sector.

Tin Hinane El Kadi critiques an alarmist account of Beijing’s internet ambitions

How can policymakers harness technology for inclusive economic growth?