tech policy

  • The Bosch Foundation interviewed Reirui Ri and me to learn more about our experience with the Global Governance Futures Programme 2027. Read more.

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  • 2017 wird kein leichtes Jahr. Europa steht mit den Wahlen in den Niederlanden, Frankreich und Deutschland sowie den Verhandlungen um den Brexit vor einer Zerreißprobe. Und Donald Trump wird bald als 45. Präsident der USA vereidigt. Deutschland kommt damit auf der globalen Bühne immer stärker eine Führungsrolle zu. Gemeinsamer Gastbeitrag mit Lea Gimpel auf netzpolitik.org.…

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  • Cathleen Berger explores how giant data-driven companies are challenging old ideas about power and accountability, and what should be done about it. Read full piece on Global Policy Journal.

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  • After almost 5 years, it’s finally happened. Today the European Parliament (EP) signed off without rejections on the EU’s new data protection package. Negotiated in countless sessions between Commission, Council and Parliament, it includes the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Directive for the police and criminal justice sector, replacing legislation written when…

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  • Joseph Cannataci recently submitted his first report as UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy — a brand new position, created in July 2015 in the wake of the German-Brazilian initiative for a UN resolution on privacy in the digital age. The report includes a description of Cannataci’s working methods, a general overview of privacy-relevant topics,…

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  • We must recognise dissent as a bedrock of a healthy society, without which there can be no creativity, innovation, disruption, progress and — crucially — democracy. Read full piece on openDemocracy.

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