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Silvana Rodriguez in New America highlighted encouraging signs for more democratic use of new technologies that will better respect and uphold fundamental rights. The Summit consistently emphasised that our current digital systems present many unique challenges for democracy, and may be exacerbating social and economic inequality. Useful priorities highlighted by the Summit include the encouragement … Continued
Patsy Widakuswara reports in Voice of America (VOA) that the US, Australia, Denmark and Norway have announced an export control programme to monitor and restrict the spread of technologies used to violate human rights. The Export Control and Human Rights Initiative seeks to address the problem of authoritarian governments misusing dual-use technologies to surveil and … Continued
An internal communication obtained by Euractiv indicates that the European Commission sees the US-proposed initiative for the Alliance for the Future of the Internet as still “too undefined”. While the Alliance intends to develop a shared vision for the future of the internet, the functioning in terms of its operation and membership is still unclear. … Continued
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