— 13 min read — I spent a happy couple of days last week reading hundreds of pages of the UK draft Online Safety Bill with its explanatory notes and impact assessment. This legislative proposal is going to be scrutinised in detail over coming months as people try to flesh out what it will mean…
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— 2 min read — The European Commission published a comprehensive proposal to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies on April 21st 2021. I have recorded a new podcast episode with Nicklas Berild Lundblad where we share some initial reactions to and thoughts about this proposal. A particular concern of mine is that…
Leave a Comment— 2 min read — There’s a lot of news right now which means that not everything momentous is making the headlines. The announcement of a new approach to corporate taxation by the Biden administration has not been a lead story but could turn out to have huge ramifications over the next few years. I…
Leave a Comment— < 1 min read — In this week’s episode of the regulate.tech podcast, Nicklas and I tease out what we mean when we talk about ‘Open’ and ‘Closed’ models for the internet. We discuss web vs internet protocols, app stores, ‘walled garden’ services, government imposed restrictions and more!
Leave a Comment— 10 min read — A hot tech policy topic this year is whether internet services should pay news media companies for the news stories they carry on their platforms. A number of countries have previously passed laws with the intent of moving money from internet services to content publishers, but a new legislative proposal…
2 Comments— < 1 min read — I have been recording a regulate.tech podcast with Nicklas Berild Lundblad since the start of this year and we have produced 7 episodes covering topics like platform responsibility, misinformation, splinternets, and privacy. For our most recent episode, we thought it might be helpful to do something different and talk through…
Leave a Comment— 9 min read — Summary :- a reflection on sovereignty as a driver for internet regulation, even at the expense of convenience. I suggest it is more useful to look at the potential break-up of the global internet as a function of ‘Brexitisation’ rather than ‘Balkanization’.
Leave a Comment— 8 min read — Summary :- I look at questions of harm related to platform policies on nudity, and why these may result in blanket prohibitions.
Leave a Comment— 10 min read — Today is the 10th anniversary of the start of massive protests in Egypt that led to the removal of their autocratic leader, Hosni Mubarak. These protests came hot on the heels of demonstrations in Tunisia that had forced their President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power on January 14th…
Leave a Comment— 13 min read — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has attracted a lot of (mostly favourable) attention for criticising the recent removal of Donald Trump’s social media accounts. As it is well known that she has strong political disagreements with the outgoing US President, her comments have been interpreted by some as a powerful argument…
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