Digital Policy

Suits against Google, Amazon rely on court proceedings in the absence of antitrust legislation for the digital age

The US effort lags Europe in the transparency of companies’ personal data use

Fines, potential court action for violators possible under Europe's model

The US is looking at how to prevent systemic dangers from the emerging technology

The EU’s draft law on AI regulation leaves key questions unanswered, US policymakers say.

Trade groups and legal experts seek clarity on whether transferring data would hurt trade secrets or collide with privacy rules

Data and digital technologies can support the transition to greener and more equitable urban transportation systems. This transatlantic project looks at how public-private data-sharing and seamless mobility across transportation modes can support cities in reaching their climate and inclusion goals – across very different regulatory systems.

Not even ten years after being mentioned for the very first time, feminist foreign policy has made it into the political mainstream: the guidelines ‘Shaping a Feminist Foreign Policy’ of the German Federal Foreign Office outline a strategic shift in German foreign politics. At the same time, digital policy has become more and more international.

Illah Nourbakhsh is professor at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. The onetime industrial city in Pennsylvania is considered one of the hubs for autonomous driving in the United States. In this interview, Professor Nourbakhsh describes the vision of driverless robot cars as mere fiction, and he warns about their implications for society.