Digital Policy

The rampant spread of Covid-19 conspiracies serves as a warning that our online information ecosystem can be weaponized well before platform administrators step in. To counter the deluge of viral disinformation, platforms should implement a circuit breaker mechanism to limit the exponential amplification of harmful content.

The data revolution can support inclusive development and sustainable growth in the Global South as long as national policies and global rules protect vulnerable citizens and societies from abuse by technology companies and authoritarian governments.

The promise of measuring everything and everyone with the help of digital technologies has triggered the interest of the development community as well as governments across the Global South. But in countries like Kenya, the excessive collection or personal data creates risks of monetary and political exploitation, not to mention compounding existing discrimination, without improving the delivery of aid and public services.

Robotic doctors and coding camps for the homeless: Is the Californian way of fighting inequality a success story or just a pipe dream?

Felix Franz visited San Fransisco to answer pressing questions about technology.

Each year, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC, sponsors a select number of journalists from the US, Canada, and Germany for an independent, transatlantic trip to research stories relevant to the foundation’s work on climate and energy policy, democracy and social policy, foreign and security policy, or technology and digital policy.

The controversy around Huawei shows you can’t benefit from the Chinese economy without acquiescing to Chinese politics.