Digital and social media

Explaining the UN cybercrime treaty, its potential benefits and risks, key issues in the negotiations, and likely paths forward.

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.

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

Short explainer outlining how to best support a media environment in Ukraine which is so complex, diverse, and competitive.

Digital cryptocurrencies are rising up the financial policy agenda as tech innovators seek to capitalize on their technological expertise and data from billions of users.

Harriet Moynihan and Mathieu Boulegue explain how we can avoid drowning in an ocean of fake news and information manipulation.

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

As Ukraine’s political parties continue to remain focused on personalities, not programmes, find out six things you should know about what to expect in the upcoming elections.

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.

Digital platforms are part of the political infrastructure. Our options are limited when they break.

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

The landmark AI legislation is the latest example of the EU’s role as a global digital rule-maker.

This paper assesses Russia’s cyber and information operations against Ukraine, considers why Ukrainian responses have often been so effective, and outlines potential lessons for other states.

From major elections to the AI boom, here are the issues six of our expert contributors expect to make the news in the year ahead.

AI-generated fake videos, ‘rumour bombs’ and ‘disinfo’ threaten key votes in America, India and beyond, writes Helen Fitzwilliam.

Explaining the UN cybercrime treaty, its potential benefits and risks, key issues in the negotiations, and likely paths forward.

HE Faouzia Mebarki explains why the first United Nations effort to create a legally binding instrument on a cyber issue could have far-reaching impacts.

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.

It was meant to prompt a reconsideration of LGBTQ Qataris. Instead, international coverage of the tournament entrenched local distrust, writes Christina Paschyn.

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.

Digital intelligence is crucial to tackle tactics and narratives engaged with by Russians which shape mentalities and prolong support for the Ukraine invasion.

Emre Kizilkaya explores the impact of oppressive media control by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government on the national debate.

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

It may now be in neighbouring Costa Rica, but Nicaraguan newspaper ‘Confidencial’ can still investigate Daniel Ortega’s regime, writes its editor Carlos Chamorro.

Across the US and Europe, faith in the news is falling amid a cacophony of sensationalist reporting, writes Catherine Fieschi.

Search engines with the latest ‘generative AI’ obscure the sources for their responses. The result is a breeding ground for disinformation, writes Jessica Cecil.

Thanks to state repression, digital competitors and a decline of trust, journalism is in crisis globally – that’s bad news for democracy, writes Fiona O’Brien.

Kenya’s story-telling tradition has found new life and marginalised communities have new platforms thanks to a surge in podcasting, writes Vanessa Gathecha.

From laidback comic book character to alt-right villain and more, the Pepe the Frog meme is emblematic of the relationship between politics and online culture.

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

For International Women’s Day 2023, the Chatham House cyber policy team debunk four common myths about gender, cyberspace, and cybersecurity.

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

Listen to the second episode of #NigeriaDecides, a special mini-series focused on upcoming elections in Nigeria.

Listen to the first episode of #NigeriaDecides, a special mini-series focused on upcoming elections in Nigeria.

Jack Dorsey’s tweet on March 21 2006 launched Twitter – and a storm of abuse for prominent women that harms them and democracy, writes Carolina Caeiro.

Episode 11 examines disinformation in the US and Brazil, the role played by social media platforms, and how conspiracy theories percolate online.

Violence in Brazil has again brought into focus the need for technology platforms to prioritize social responsibility to help prevent anti-democratic action.

Human rights have been largely overlooked in the governance of AI – particularly in the UK and the US. This is an error that requires urgent correction.

The capabilities of open-source intelligence on the Ukrainian battlefront must be weighed against civilian risk, competence and the pitfalls of increased visibility.