Tag: Data & Algorithms
12 Articles
- Global Governance
The Global Cloudscape: The Geopolitics of Data Governance and Digital Power Play
Revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries played a pivotal role in shrinking and flattening the world, developing advanced analytics, and driving automation. With the…
August 10, 2023
- Science & Technology
A Technological Fix: The Adoption of Chinese Public Security Systems
The Global Spread of China’s Surveillance Tools In Uganda, the Kampala police procured 6 million worth of AI public security platforms from Huawei, purportedly to…
January 20, 2023
- Science & Technology
Masspersonal Social Engineering and the Emergence of Individualized Information Warfare
Russia’s use of cyber-enabled information operations to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election marked the return of great power competition and conflict after a…
May 17, 2022
- Science & Technology
Can Lawmakers Save Democracy from Big Tech?
The Evolution of Social Media When social media began to explode just over a decade ago, the principal societal concern was how the collection and sharing of personal information…
September 7, 2021
- Science & Technology
Internet Freedom: Fighting Back Against Digital Authoritarianism
Cyberspace has become unstable, and the challenges faced by technologists and policymakers are more nuanced and complex. Authoritarian regimes have learned to use sophisticated…
July 24, 2020
- Science & Technology
Denmark-California: A Partnership for Sustainability
The answer is closely aligned with core Danish foreign policy priorities, among them being a strong focus on economic diplomacy. Denmark is a small, open economy, generating more…
June 2, 2020
- Business & Economics
The Ever-Increasing Surveillance State
Around the same time, a college student in Wuhan returned to his hometown in eastern China. Days later, local authorities had tracked him to his family home, placed police tape…
March 2, 2020
- Dialogues
Franklin Foer on Big Technology, Journalism, and Government
GJIA: Given how social media is used as a mass distribution channel for journalism, what do you think are ways journalism can live sustainably within social media? FF: This may…
October 21, 2019
- Science & Technology
It’s Now Aadhaar with Caveats
In its 1448-page verdict, the Court held the Aadhaar Act to be a beneficial piece of legislation that involves “parting with minimal information” in service of the “larger…
February 15, 2019
- Business & Economics
The Social Security Data Governance Challenge in Mexico
Proper federal governance of social security data in Mexico has been challenging given that Mexican states run their social security schemes independently. Additionally, only 31%…
October 25, 2018