IIEAThis blog outlines the European Union's digital agenda for 2021.
Digital Blog
This blog examines the threat that disinformation poses to democracies in the digital age and explores the regulatory measures under discussion at a global, European and national level.
IIEAAn overview of the EU’s response to the cybersecurity risks posed by non-EU telecom equipment suppliers such as Huawei and an exploration of the potential geopolitical implications of this response.
Half-way through its rotating six-month term in 2019, the Finnish Presidency has advanced a more strategic discussion on the future of European defence and digital disruption in the field.
The EU’s High-Level Expert Group on AI (AI HLEG) has published its policy and investment recommendations for Trustworthy AI. This blog outlines the recommendations and reflects on how they fit into the EU’s approach to AI.
Which country has the authority to investigate crimes committed with the use of the internet where the evidence is located in different states?
Finding the optimum balance of rights involved in the ePrivacy Regulation without stifling innovation will not be easy.
Neil BradyThe key hallmark of the current transformation of the global economy is an increase in the velocity of change, and consequently a growing sense of “loss of control”, but the digital economy is global and so how one country or region resolves these issues “affects us all”, according to Terrell Mc Sweeny, Commissioner with the US Federal Trade Commission, (FTC).
It is now two years since the Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy was first announced. Composed of 16 interrelated initiatives and designed to extend the principles of free movement of goods, persons, services and capital to the digital sphere, it has been estimated that full implementation of the Digital Single Market strategy could add €415 billion a year to the EU’s economy, and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs.
In the wake of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US President last year, it is clear that Western politics has experienced something of a paradigm shift. However, with the recent victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French Presidential elections, and that of Dutch Premier Mark Rutte in the Dutch general elections on 15 March 2017, it would appear that this shift toward populism has been checked, at least for now.
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