Digital divides have traditionally been associated with the “connected — unconnected” binary around the world, considering only one aspect of the whole techno-digital experience for people: the digital divide related to physical access.
With pandemic induced layoffs, widespread corporate bankruptcies, the slowdown of international supply chains and the dramatic reduction of the movement of people around the world, a new type of human performance is urgently needed to thrive through this volatility.
Data localisation requirements under Turkish law have so far been sector-specific and, hence, limited in scope.
In the time of modern means of communication, diplomacy must evolve as well. The question is — what is the right direction of this evolution?
The respect of civil rights and liberties is the backbone of democracies. To undermine these fundamental rights is to undermine democracy — abroad, but also at home.
In order to save democracy from our own digital tools, we need to adopt a new model of governing digitally — public leaders must take a systemic approach to these problems and collaborate widely and effectively to meet these challenges.
Pooling data rights to negotiate better with platform companies can help rebalance power in the data economy and address the growing gaps in individual data protections.
No matter how dangerous it is to individual freedoms, government-Big Tech collaboration is necessary, both in times of crisis as well as normalcy as more welfare service delivery is reliant on technology.
In the past six months, the valuation of Apple has doubled — what it delivered over four decades has been replicated in six months.
The prevailing school of thought on antitrust laws cannot reign in Big Tech. Focus should be given to other forms of anti-competitive behaviour.
Inside Big Tech companies whose products have seeped into the lives of billions of customers, the idea of the audience as patterns on a flickering screen that mirror our behaviour remains the single source of truth and the secret sauce for extraordinary toplines.
Tigran Yepremyan is the Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and an Associate Professor of World History and IR at the Yerevan State University, Armenia. ...
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Sambit Mishra is an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer currently posted as the Chief Executive Officer of the Zila Panchayat Korba Chhattisgarh. He has an academic background in Engineering, having graduated with a Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) in Biological ...
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