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
Elon Musk’s Twitter is slashing access for researchers to monitor its platforms — just as it faces giant legal challenges about its responsibility for moderating content. Don’t expect definitive judgements.
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November 14, 2022
Russian Search Giant Yandex Struggles to Survive
Russia’s leading search engine Yandex is trying to avoid complete nationalization. It would like to move many of its operations outside of the country but requires a deal with the Kremlin.
November 10, 2022
How Europe Could Clean Up Its Cybersurveillance Mess
A new European parliamentary report provides strong recommendations to curtail online abuse of Pegasus and other surveillance software.
November 8, 2022
Talking Turkey: Ankara Punishes Online Dissent
A new Turkish disinformation law will silence and repress online critics. It’s a worrying trend.
October 26, 2022
Russia’s Surveillance State
The Kremlin is building its network of domestic surveillance technology and quietly mobilizing the public administration to deal with “troublemakers” at home.
October 7, 2022
The New Transatlantic Data Deal: Will it Stick or End Up as Lipstick on a Pig?
The White House released an Executive Order on October 7 designed to give legal certainty to transatlantic data transfers. But it will be challenged in European courts.
October 3, 2022
Interview: Data Privacy Reform Must Consider Civil Rights
After Europe passed landmark laws requiring tech platforms to take responsibility for their content, the Biden administration is canvassing for ideas on how to treat the same problem in the US.
September 30, 2022
Giorgia Meloni Preaches Tech Nationalism. But Can Italy Go It Alone?
Italy’s victorious rightwing coalition favors domestic tech champions, putting into question its predecessors’ digitization drive. But backward-looking protectionist policies will be difficult to pursue.
September 29, 2022
Europe Overegulates, US Abdicates – and China May Win the Race for Tech Supremacy
Europe and the US must team up to promote a democratic Internet against Chinese authoritarianism and beat China in the race for technological supremacy. It won’t be easy.
September 28, 2022
The Splinternet is Here: How to Make the Most of it
Unbridled social media content used to be seen as supporting democracy, but this free flow of data has produced dangerous side effects.