This issue features a piece by Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami from @itforchange.bsky.social who use the recent #IndiaAISummit as a point of departure, to map out the broader trajectory of global #AIgovernance and the pathway to just digital futures.
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It also features Ahlem Faraoun's intervention into debates about the norms governing the online public sphere that often overlook a crucial reality: for millions, it is also a workplace, particularly within the #creativeeconomy.
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This issue features a piece by Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami from @itforchange.bsky.social who use the recent #IndiaAISummit as a point of departure, to map out the broader trajectory of global #AIgovernance and the pathway to just digital futures.
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In the latest edition of the DataSyn newsletter, the editorial analyzes how the tech sector is implicated in the devastating #Iranwar: from the worrying ties between #AI and the military, to the disruption in #SiliconValley’s own economic foundations.
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As the WSIS+20 process concludes, this article by Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami reflects on what the moment reveals about today’s fractured multilateral landscape, taking stock of two decades of engagement and the path forward for global digital governance.
As technology allows governments to increase the reach and granularity of connection with the public, it also opens the door to abuses of power to take place at an unprecedented scale and speed.
Read our latest story by @juanof9.bsky.social:
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Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami of @itforchange.bsky.social reflect on the road from WSIS to WSIS+20. In their article, they elaborate on what we can expect from multilateral engagement in the midst of this volatile political period.
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Margarida Silva of @somoamsterdam.bsky.social writes about the 'Big Tech Lobby Playbook', uncovering the strategies and tools that Big Tech uses to weaken or block new laws.
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Our February issue features insights from @juanof9.bsky.social on digital governance stacks and collectively securing political autonomy in an age of rapid governance automation.
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In this edition of the DataSyn newsletter, we break down the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump-era tariffs and why it matters for the next phase of digital trade politics.
We also track major AI shifts right now: Anthropic’s sweeping new Claude product suite, the market tremors around it.
Crypto is no longer just a financial experiment.
In this piece, Antulio Rosales unpacks how crypto ecosystems are shaping authoritarian governance—fueling elite capture, weakening regulation, and accelerating today’s political, financial, and environmental crises.
Inviting proposals for the final evaluation of the project “Re-wiring India’s Digitalising Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-being.”
Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
Learn More: itforchange.net/tenders
Our latest article explores the potential political implications of the Stablecoin phenomenon and what it means for the global financial order.
Read now:
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AI is reshaping global economies—but not evenly.
This piece unpacks how AI may deepen existing inequalities, urging a shift from tech hype to place-based, value-chain–focused policymaking.
#AI #GlobalInequality #DigitalEconomy #TechPolicy #GlobalSouth #PoliticalEconomy #FutureOfWork
Behind the promise of digital public infrastructure lies a growing dependence on private cloud providers. This piece traces how India’s e-governance increasingly runs on privately owned cloud and platform rails.
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Cautioning against neutral framings of #syntheticdata, the authors remind us that these tools actively shape the worlds we imagine and the inequities we reproduce.
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Interrogating the hype around #syntheticdata, the authors reveal how Global South realities—like Brazil’s #PIX—challenge tech-solutionist narratives and spotlight deeper governance gaps.
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Our latest piece interrogates the myths of the digital economy and the unequal structures that sustain its global dominance.
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Cautioning against an uncritical appropriation of the platform model, Vinit Ravishankar makes a case for pushing beyond capitalist fetters whilst envisioning alternative digital futures.
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To address these deepening issues, he stresses the importance of locating the digital shift in a deep just transition approach.
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In our latest piece, Dr. Vishwas Satgar unravels the shallow digital futurism at work that conflates digital monopoly interests, human progress, development, and the future.
Drawing on a range of critical perspectives from his recent edited volume ‘Digital Capitalism and its Limits: Technotopia, Power and Risk’, Vishwas Satgar carefully untangles the real political stakes of our technocapitalist moment in our latest piece.
Read here: botpopuli.net/digital-tech...
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Our final piece provides a sharp critique of the reformist embrace of the platform model, urging a move beyond capitalist constraints to imagine genuinely emancipatory digital futures.
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