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@Perla Khattar, CIPP/US says now is the moment to shape the future of neurotechnology to foster progress, trust, and respect for our shared humanity.

The first #DSA risk assessment reports may not be revolutionary, but we must push for them to be better each year, write Sally Broughton Micova and Bryn Enstone.

Taylor Owen, Director of The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill University, writes that the merger of #state and #tech power is a fundamental challenge to democratic governance in the #digital age.

In a #climate crisis, the consumption of water required by data centers must be scrutinized closely, writes Miranda Gabbott. Looking at a development near her home in Barcelona, she asks: by choosing #AI industry-driven growth today, will urban planners in #Spain jeopardize their #water tomorrow?

To fully unleash the value of data for individuals, communities, and society, we urgently need updated data governance frameworks. The challenge is how to make that happen, writes Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Senior Fellow Bob (Robert) Fay.

Mila Samdub and Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci disentangle two prominent but very different visions of digital public infrastructure (DPI): DPI as roads, and DPI as radio.

When it comes to the design and presentation of privacy information, #Meta might just win the prize for “worst in show,” writes Justin Sherman. Where are the regulators?

New writing in Tech Policy Press: After ridiculing “Bidenomics” on the campaign, Trump returns to a Washington changed by Biden’s “national security synthesis.” Just as Obama-era rule reforms greased the wheels for Trump’s first cabinet, Biden’s industrial policy produced a security climate that will cost Trump little political capital to funnel funds toward the most dangerous and surveillant applications of AI. https://lnkd.in/emNQMhdd

Be sure to check out DWC Director Philip Napoli on the Tech Policy Press podcast, discussing his new article, In Pursuit of Ignorance: The Institutional Assault on Disinformation and Hate Speech Research. https://lnkd.in/eQp2bUmc

In light of both historical precedent and Google’s own behavior with regulators, ordering divestitures to solve for Google’s self-preferencing and exclusionary behavior seems to be the most straightforward solution, writes Karina Montoya.