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  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Technology sector
    Europe needs to wake up to the costs of hosting massive data centres

    Meanwhile, companies must be more transparent in their planning applications

    A Google data centre in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. Google and Microsoft data centres in the Dutch town of Wieringermeer are expected to consume 525 cubic meters of drinking water per hour
  • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
    NSO Group Technologies
    We need a new global standard to curb intrusive spyware

    When tech companies can freely undermine national security, democracies are at risk

    A smartphone with the website of Israel’s NSO Group
  • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
    Technology regulation
    US tech needs to do a great deal better when it comes to democracy

    From Facebook to Google, there is a gaping hole between rhetoric and action

    Frances Haugen, Facebook whistleblower, arrives to testify at a Senate committee hearing in Washington on Tuesday
  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
    Cyber Security
    Data and knowledge must be protected against cyber attack

    Protection for critical infrastructure is too often awarded using outdated criteria

    A computer set up
  • Monday, 26 July, 2021
    Big Tech
    Big Tech calls for ‘regulation’ but is fuzzy on the details

    Silicon Valley says it wants more oversight yet does little to promote it in practice

    Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, delivering a speech on AI in 2020
  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    Internet privacy
    Citizens’ rights need better protection in a digital world

    Inadequate government action is letting private companies set the rules

    We still have not solved the question of who should govern the use of digital technologies
  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Big Tech
    Australia’s fight with Big Tech previews other battles to come

    The country’s new law highlights how platforms are more interested in following their own rules than being held accountable

    The gap between Facebook and media companies underlines a stark imbalance of power
  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Big Tech
    Big Tech is trying to take governments’ policy role

    Google, Facebook and others want to set the rules, but without a mandate or oversight

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Technology regulation
    China’s move on Ant makes the fight on Big Tech global

    Powerful companies are impinging on the norm-setting roles of governments themselves

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Technology regulation
    Weakened democracy is another harm caused by Big Tech

    Using antitrust regulations to repair and prevent such damage is not enough

  • Sunday, 23 August, 2020
    Technology sector
    EU risks being dethroned as world’s lead digital regulator

    Donald Trump’s tussle with TikTok and Huawei holds a lesson for European politicians

    The Trump administration has adopted unprecedented sanctions against Chinese technology group Huawei
  • Wednesday, 20 May, 2020
    Big Tech
    There has never been a better time to make Big Tech pay its way

    The crisis has made clear the asymmetry between private profits and the public interest

    Employees work on computers at the new Booking.com customers site in Tourcoing, France, October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol - RC1C8F46A630
  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
    Coronavirus
    Coronavirus shows Big Tech can fight ‘infodemic’ of fake news

    Adjustments the companies have long resisted are suddenly being made

    epa08304875 Klara watches via Handy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's televised address to the nation on the coronavirus spread in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 18 March. The German government and local authorities are heightening measures to mitigate the fallout from the ongoing pandemic of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK
  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
    EU tech regulation
    Big Tech companies want to act like governments

    If leaders are serious about their state-like powers, they must treat customers as citizens

    Founder and CEO of US online social media and social networking service Facebook Mark Zuckerberg reacts upon his arrival for a meeting with European Commission vice-president in charge for Values and Transparency, in Brussels, on February 17, 2020. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
    Big Tech
    Tech groups cannot be allowed to hide from scrutiny

    Governments should make companies more accountable for the AI they provide for the public sector

    Publicité ancienne pour le soda ‘Coca-Cola’. (Photo by API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) - advertisement for Coca Cola
  • Monday, 16 December, 2019
    Digital economy
    Selling off online domain names threatens internet governance

    The disposal of .org to a private equity firm is a worrying precedent

    The Internet Society website
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Big Tech
    Tech industry should not be deciding on political advertising

    Corporate courts are no substitute for democratic lawmaking

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10465046a) YEARENDER 2019 OCTOBER Chairman and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg takes his seat to testify before the US House Financial Services Committee hearing on 'An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors', on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 23 October 2019. Zuckerberg faced questions from lawmakers concerned over issues with the cryptocurrecy Libra, financial data and potential misinformation on Facebook surrounding the 2020 US presidential election. US House Financial Services Committee hearing on 'An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors', Washington, USA - 23 Oct 2019
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
    Technology sector
    Governments must halt the spread of commercial spyware

    Surveillance tools are for sale to whoever can afford them

    The Facebook Inc. WhatsApp application is displayed in the App Store on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. on Monday, April 29, 2019. Facebook paid out a $123 million fine to EU antitrust regulators for failing to provide accurate information during their review of Facebook's WhatsApp takeover. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2019
    Social Media
    Measles outbreak is a reminder of the power of viral information

    Rise in cases shows it is time for systematic scrutiny of algorithms that determine behaviour

    This picture taken on April 5, 2019 shows a nurse entering the Rockland County Health Department in Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York. - A measles outbreak in the area has sickened scores of people and caused the county to bar unvaccinated minors in public places. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) / With AFP Story by Catherine TRIOMPHE: NY county measles outbreak spotlights vaccine religious exemptions (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 16 January, 2019
    Data protection
    Germany’s data hack is a wake-up call to Europe

    The digital security of all in the political system must be tightened ahead of elections

    The German breach highlights the need for greater security at facilities inclusing the European Parliament building in Strasbourg
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