Data is a strategic resource, and how democracies govern it shapes both their economies and their security. Rules on data privacy, cross-border data flows, and platform accountability increasingly define the transatlantic relationship and the contest with authoritarian models of digital control. This hub follows the data agenda: data privacy and data protection, data governance for platforms and algorithms, cross-border data transfers between the United States and Europe, and platform accountability for the security risks of data held by strategic rivals. Fellows and analysts examine how to protect citizens’ rights and data privacy while keeping the digital economy open and competitive, and how strong data governance and platform accountability can coexist with innovation. Explore analysis and commentary on data privacy, data governance, and the digital economy.
Data and Privacy
The US has moved to ban the Chinese social media giant. Europe prefers regulation.
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March 25, 2024
Europe’s DMA: Gatekeepers Get Failing Grades
The European Commission held a week of full-day “compliance” workshops and then announced investigations into Apple, Alphabet, and Meta.
March 14, 2024
Ban TikTok? Not So Fast
The US House has approved a bill to force the Chinese owner to sell the wildly popular social media app. Before that happens, many key questions remain unanswered.
January 31, 2024
Want Safety? AI Can Help
Artificial intelligence can improve safety on the roads and in the hospital – if regulated in the same way as human drivers and doctors.
January 30, 2024
Bugs Beware: UK Post Office Scandal Demands Software Companies Come Clean
Hundreds of innocent UK postal employees went to jail because of faulty accounting software. The bugs should have been disclosed.
January 17, 2024
Regulating Online Content Is…Challenging
Tech platforms are over and under-moderating content — underlining the difficulty of navigating fundamental and legitimate disagreements about free speech.
January 10, 2024
Data as Ammunition: Hyper-Personalized Warfare in the Digital Age
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence and vast amounts of personal data are enabling a new era of hyper-personalized warfare, where adversaries can conduct targeted digital attacks and psychological operations against individual service members, their families, and friends.
January 4, 2024
Consider Steam and Electricity Before Regulating AI
Artificial Intelligence dominates current tech debates. Before legislating, policymakers should remember how we handled previous technological revolutions.
January 2, 2024
Has the US Abdicated Global Digital Leadership?
The US has dropped longstanding digital trade demands in World Trade Organization talks. It’s a victory for China and other authoritarians.
December 14, 2023
Regulators are Failing to Combat Revenge Porn
Revenge porn represents a growing menace. Despite progress in enacting laws to combat the threat, more needs to be done.