Center for Technology Innovation

People look at data on their mobiles as background with internet wire cables on switch hub is projected in this picture illustration taken May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration - RC138602D200

Brookings survey finds three-quarters of online users rarely read business terms of service

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

A robot is pictured as 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 - RC1287E208A0

It’s time to start thinking about governance of autonomous weapons

Darrell M. West and Jack Karsten

Friday, May 10, 2019

Customers use the internet at a Starbucks in the financial district in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC174920FF60

Internet capitalism pits fast technology against slow democracy

Monday, May 6, 2019

The exterior shot of the State Capitol is seen as California legislators work late into the night to pass a $40 billion budget in the building in Sacramento, California February 17, 2009. As California lawmakers resumed their push on Tuesday to close a state budget shortfall of more than $40 billion, state officials began informing some 20,000 state employees they could lose their jobs if the legislature fails to pass a budget plan. REUTERS/Max Whittaker (UNITED STATES) - GM1E52I0UL901

A federal privacy law could do better than California’s

Cameron F. Kerry

Monday, April 29, 2019

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks about India's digital initiatives at the Google campus in Mountain View, California September 27, 2015. The Indian premier continues his Silicon Valley tour on Sunday with visits to Facebook and Google Inc headquarters before an event at the San Jose Convention Center that 18,000 people are expected to attend. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - GF10000223829

How India can prepare its workforce for the artificial intelligence era

Kevin C. Desouza and Kiran Kabtta Somvanshi

Monday, April 22, 2019

A worker walks past second-hand robots in a factory in Shanghai, August 21, 2015. More than a hundred second-hand robots used to make Audi A3s at a German car factory are going through refurbishment at a Wecan Group factory in Shanghai. Picture taken August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song - GF10000184124

New training models and policies for a digital economy workforce

Thursday, April 18, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E92S1U0N01

Proposed language for data collection standards in privacy legislation

Cameron F. Kerry

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), speaks at the 2019 National Action Network National Convention in New York, U.S., April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RC1EE3F6C660

Should big technology companies break up or break open?

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to logos of social media apps Signal, Whatsapp and Telegram projected on a screen in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration - RC147CF8D300

How should social media platforms combat misinformation and hate speech?

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook Inc's annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - HP1EE511CDLKZ

Mark Zuckerberg’s call for internet rules only goes part way

Wednesday, April 3, 2019