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 is forcing a sale of TikTok. Europe is using the Digital Services Act to reign in Chinese Internet companies.
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May 13, 2024
Putin and the Secret Policeman’s Ball
As Putin starts his fifth term as Russian president, he has appealing offers for security services on the dark side.
May 10, 2024
UK Launches Controversial Tech Antitrust Crusade
UK antitrust regulators are poised to receive broad new powers to regulate tech — powers potentially stronger than their European and American counterparts.
May 8, 2024
US U-Turn Undermines Free, Open Internet
For the past three decades, the US has promoted the free flow of information online and limiting individual countries’ ability to force data to be stored within their borders. No longer.
May 8, 2024
Has Ukraine Become Too Dependent on Telegram?
Telegram has been a vital source of intelligence and news in Kyiv’s war against Moscow’s aggression, but doubts are growing about the Russian-founded app.
May 6, 2024
TikTok Dies in Washington, TikTok Lives in Brussels
The US has moved to ban the Chinese social media giant. Europe prefers regulation.
April 18, 2024
Boosting Europe’s Digital Leaders: A New Momentum for the D9+
The D9+ should become a voice against protectionism and a positive messenger for an open digital economy, pushing Europe to meet its ambitious goals for the Digital Decade.
April 11, 2024
Ukraine’s Military Targets a New Enemy — Online Casinos
The country has been rattled by the popularity of online gambling at the front.
April 3, 2024
A DMA Compliance Saga: Europe and Progressive Web Apps
Apple’s success in restricting Progressive Web Apps underlines the challenges of enforcing Europe’s DMA. It makes for a fascinating three-act play, a tale of regulatory side effects.
March 28, 2024
AI Would Have Failed to Protect Mosul
Poor data contributed to the loss of Mosul to ISIS in 2014. AI tools could not have saved the city.