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The Brookings Institution main building

Competition policy expert Bill Baer joining Brookings

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is seated prior to testifying before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on foreign influence operations on social media platforms on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1F1C782B50

Twitter’s ban on political advertisements hurts our democracy

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Members of the media (L) keep pace with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Hitting refresh on privacy policies: Recommendations for notice and transparency

Cameron F. Kerry and Caitlin Chin

Monday, January 6, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai during an event on United States 5G deployment in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC19EF413F60

Going backwards in the ‘race for 5G’

Friday, December 20, 2019

The California Senate works into the night in an effort to pass a number of bills before the end of the legislative session at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California, September 12, 2013. REUTERS/Max Whittaker (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E99D0YQJ01

Highlights: The GDPR and CCPA as benchmarks for federal privacy legislation

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Traders work at Bloomberg terminals on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 13, 2013. Bloomberg LP customers, including the U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury, are examining whether there could have been leaks of confidential information, even as the media company restricted its reporters' access to client data and created a position to oversee compliance in a bid to assuage privacy concerns. Bloomberg has more than 315,000 terminal subscribers globally, with each Bloomberg terminal costing more than $20,000 a year. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS MEDIA) - GM1E95E0EJ701

Companies, not people, should bear the burden of protecting data

David Medine and Gayatri Murthy

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

FILE PHOTO: A sculpture showing the Euro currency sign is seen in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, December 8, 2011. REUTERS/Alex Domanski/File Photo - RC1A5F89B620

The current landscape of central bank digital currencies

Chen Ye and Kevin C. Desouza

Friday, December 13, 2019

A Huawei surveillance camera is pictured at their booth at Interpol World in Singapore July 2, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su - RC13C8A95410

Highlights: Setting guidelines for facial recognition and law enforcement

Monday, December 9, 2019

Polling officials wait to receive Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines and Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at a distribution centre ahead of the final phase of voting in Gujarat state assembly election in Ahmedabad, India, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RC1F07DFD550

How electronic voting machines have improved India’s democracy

Friday, December 6, 2019

The U.S. Capitol building is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott - RC2ZJD9XHAGW

Game on: What to make of Senate privacy bills and hearing

Cameron F. Kerry

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

QUALITY REPEAT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is surrounded by members of the media as he sits down to testify before a joint Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees hearing regarding the company's use and protection of user data, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC15E5907460

Senate Democratic privacy principles: Endgame or game over for a bipartisan bill?

Cameron F. Kerry

Friday, November 22, 2019

A crash test model is displayed inside a 2018 Toyota Camry on the floor of the New York Auto Show in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1C93154D10

Bridging the gender data gap

Jeanette Gaudry Haynie

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

A man walks past a poster simulating facial recognition software at the Security China 2018 exhibition on public safety and security in Beijing, China October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC195B4D37A0

Highlights: Addressing fairness in the context of artificial intelligence

Caitlin Chin and Bhaargavi Ashok

Monday, November 18, 2019

Activists from the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a coalition of non-governmental organisations opposing lethal autonomous weapons or so-called 'killer robots', stage a protest at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, March, 21, 2019. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse - RC17B0F5E300

Assessing ethical AI principles in defense

Friday, November 15, 2019

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addresses the audience on "the challenges of protecting free speech while combating hate speech online, fighting misinformation, and political data privacy and security," at a forum hosted by Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) and the McCourt School of Public Policy in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso - RC1CB9578F30

Can social media ‘targetcasting’ and democracy coexist?

Wednesday, November 13, 2019