If group chats give us solace and connection in a crisis, why do some of us feel burnt out and overwhelmed by them?
detailsIn addition to the rising Covid-19 case numbers in US and most of the world during this holiday season, the US and others have suffered a rash of cyber-attacks...
detailsFor too long, and on too many issues, policymakers have left the governance of technology in the hands of those who design it. Governments face three imperatives...
detailsSocial media became indispensable main platform used by extremist organizations to win new allegiants to support their scheme.
detailsThe international trade regime we now have, expressed in the rules of the World Trade Organization and other agreements, is not of this world...
detailsThe world is increasingly obsessed with the ongoing power struggle between the US and China. But the technology-driven shift of power away from states to transnational actors....
detailsISIS is looking for new paths to takeover new areas. Yet, this time is over the internet to brainwash new minds and execute new plans.
detailsIf Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in November, the question he will face is not whether to restore the liberal international order. It is whether the US can work with an inner core of allies to promote democracy and human rights while cooperating with
detailsAs if disinformation and confusion about COVID-19 at the national level were not bad enough, the pandemic also coincides with rising authoritarianism and declining local news coverage in many countries. Now more than ever...
detailsWhile the changing nature of global power may tempt some actors to seek advantage through confrontation, the expanding field of stakeholders offers the possibility of a course correction.
detailsConnecting the world is seen as a humanitarian mission for some technology evangelists – but ensuring a free and open web is a harder problem to solve.
detailsUnderstanding deterrence in cyberspace is often difficult, because our minds remain captured by an image of deterrence shaped by the Cold War
detailsThe debate about how to regulate the tech sector is eerily reminiscent of the debate over financial regulation in the early 2000s
detailsFacebook is no more obliged to accept a posting than the New York Times is to print a submitted article. The social media companies themselves bear the social responsibility for their content.
detailsThe attack in New Zealand was inspired in part by the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, but the real threat is lone wolves lurking in the far corners of the Internet.
detailsThere is nothing wrong with using technology to solve problems, including those created by technology, or to give a company a competitive edge.
detailsThe EU has taken the lead in responding to abuse by the likes of Facebook, thanks to its new privacy standards and proposed greater taxation of peddlers of online personal data
detailsWorld’s top universities teach computer science and engineering classes online
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