Artist whose work was stolen for AI content has her works taken down by #youtube for copyright violations against the plagiarised versions, so no longer can make money off the source music she produced.

#aiethics #digitalGovernance #platformRegulation #dsa #llm #genai cc @jeffdean.bsky.social

State Department Taps CA’s Rohan Sharma For Fulbright Specialist Role - IndiaWest News State Department Taps CA’s Rohan Sharma For Fulbright Specialist Role.

State Department Taps CA’s Rohan Sharma For Fulbright Specialist Role

Full Story: indiawest.com/state-depart...

#RohanSharma #FulbrightSpecialist #USDepartmentOfState #AIAndDiplomacy #TechLeadership #RiversideCounty #DigitalGovernance #CommunityService #TemeculaCA

📝 A new blog by Joanne Hinds, Dessi Bocheva & Patricia Hajszan explores how AI can generate persuasive content at speed and scale, shaping public opinion—highlighting the need for stronger governance and public resilience.

Read more here 👉 blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2026...

#DigitalGovernance #AI

UK regulators warn agentic AI is already here - and it needs watching now Four UK watchdogs map the risks, rights, and regulatory gaps as autonomous AI agents move from pilot to practice across finance, retail, and communications.

UK regulators warn agentic AI is already here - and it needs watching now #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AgenticAI #Regulation #DigitalGovernance

UK regulators warn agentic AI is already here - and it needs watching now Four UK watchdogs map the risks, rights, and regulatory gaps as autonomous AI agents move from pilot to practice across finance, retail, and communications.

UK regulators warn agentic AI is already here - and it needs watching now #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AgenticAI #Regulation #DigitalGovernance

The role of the World Data Organization on the digital sovereignty chessboard - Diplo Beijing hosted the founding assembly of the first international organisation dedicated specifically to data governance and development.

My piece about the World Data Organization (WDO), created this week by #China, on Diplo’s blog.

www.diplomacy.edu/blog/the-rol...

#dataeconomy #digitalgovernance

AI Governance in 2026: Can We Control What We Create? AI Governance in 2026: Can We Control What We Create? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has swiftly transitioned from a niche technological experiment to a foundational force reshaping society, econo...

AI Governance in 2026: Can We Control What We Create?
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#AIGovernance #ArtificialIntelligence #AIethics #ResponsibleAI
#FutureOfAI #TechPolicy #AIRegulation #EthicalAI
#DigitalGovernance #AI2026 #TechEthics #AIAccountability
#EmergingTech #Innovation #TechDebate

Empowering Governments with Intelligent Policy Insights

SDG Committee is an advanced AI platform designed to support
for ministries, think tanks, and global organizations.

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#DigitalGovernance #PublicPolicy #AI #SDGs #SmartGovernment

One month left to submit your proposal to the 5th Annual #TSRConf!

Join leading researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and platform leaders shaping the future of online #TrustAndSafety and #DigitalGovernance.

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📸 EMILDAI Annual Roundtable at DCU

Great discussions yesterday on EU digital law, geopolitics, doctoral research, and careers in tech.

Thank you to all our speakers and participants for such a dynamic exchange!

#EMILDAI #AIandLaw #DigitalGovernance #LawAndTech

🗣️⚖️ Who gets heard in platform regulation?
Rachel Griffin & Mateus Correia de Carvalho explore how civil society shapes EU platform rules 🇪🇺 – and why some voices are left out.
Participation isn’t equal. Power, access & recognition matter.
🔗 dsa-observatory.eu/2026/02/17/w...
#DigitalGovernance

Transparent Tagging for Strategic Social Nudges on User-Generated Misinformation Social network platforms (SNP) rely heavily on user-generated content to attract users, yet they have limited control over content provision, which leads to misinformation. As countermeasures, SNPs…

Research: doi.org/10.1109/TNSE... IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Xplore @ieeexplore.ieee.org

#Misinformation #SocialMediaResearch #NetworkScience #DigitalGovernance #ScienceCommunication #ResearchImpact #InformationIntegrity #OnlinePlatforms

Every civic issue develops over time.

Keeping the full history visible makes it easier to understand how decisions and updates unfold.

CivicDeck preserves issue histories so earlier context remains easy to revisit.

#CivicTech #GovTech #PublicInformation #Transparency #DigitalGovernance

New technologies often spark waves of public anxiety, what scholars call “moral panics.”
Join the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Lecture at UOttawa featuring Dr. Meg Leta Jones.
When: March 26 from 5:30-7 PM
Where: Fauteux Hall (FTX147)📍

🔗 www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
#TechnologyPolicy #DigitalGovernance

Governance in the digital era must be powered by analytics. Data-driven governance builds transparency and trust.
#GovTechIndia #DigitalGovernance #PolicyInnovation #NationBuilding #www.nexarasoft.in

Digitisation supports governance through improved record management and transparency.
#DigitalGovernance #SmartRecords #TransparencyDriven #www.nexarasoft.in

Co-Autor:innen: Melina Braun, Malte Grützmacher, Christian Heinze, Lisa Markschies, Charlotte Mysegades, @benjaminraue.bsky.social, Herbert Zech. #digitalgovernance #privacy #ai #digitalomnibus #EU

Accepted Open Panels

⏳ Deadline to submit: April 30, 2026.

➡️ Find it here as #180: 4sonline.org/accepted_ope...

#STS #PoliticalEconomy #Sociology #InternetGovernance #DigitalGovernance #CommonsSky #ScienceSky #ScholarSky #CFP #4S2026 #4SToronto

In these tumultuous times, my focus is twofold: strengthening international ties & ensuring @coe.int states recommit to human rights as the bedrock of the emerging global order.
My latest News Roundup👇
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#CivilSociety #Ukraine #DigitalGovernance #ChildPoverty

“Red, Blue & Purple Data Breach Laws” — how political ideologies shape privacy regulation across U.S. states. Surprising patterns in consumer protection. 🔗 cloviahamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/... #DataPrivacy #CyberLaw #TechPolicy #DigitalGovernance

🇳🇬 Nigeria won an Open Gov Challenge Award in 2025 for ensuring that their digital transformation is inclusive and benefits everyone.

#OpenGovChallenge #OpenGov #DigitalInclusion #DigitalGovernance #Transparency

Lund University hosted a 12 February seminar with MOCCA and POLCA researchers on corruption risks, digital governance, and public sector reform in Central Asia, alongside energy, healthcare finance, and innovation.

#Governance #DigitalGovernance #PublicSectorReform #AntiCorruption #CentralAsia

💡 O IPPS-Iscte está prestes a lançar a 2.ª edição de Masterclasses para a Administração Pública.

👉 Inscrições abertas em breve.

#ipps #Iscte #MelhoresPoliticasPublicas #PRR #NextGenEU #DigitalGovernance

New Article in #DataAndPolicy Journal @universitypress.cambridge.org #Q1:

“The Illusion of the #Web3 #Decentralization”

Does Web3 really decentralize power — or simply shift it to a new digital elite?

#OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1017/dap....

#GlobalGovernance #InternetGovernance #DigitalGovernance

Why must Cybersecurity be central to Pakistan’s NSS? - Stratheia Cybersecurity is vital for Pakistan’s national security as data breaches, cyber threats, and digital distrust expose vulnerabilities.

Building cybersecurity is not just about technology. It requires trained professionals, strong institutions, and effective coordination across government and private sectors.
#CyberCapacity #DigitalGovernance #CyberWorkforce
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#Digitalisation #DigitalServices #DigitalGovernance #DigitalInclusion #DigitalEquity #DigitalDivide #DigitalRights #DigitalTransformation #eGovernment #GovTech #PublicServices #ServiceDesign #HumanCentredDesign #PublicPolicy #Democracy #SustainableDemocracies #FundamentalRights #TechForGood

China Tightens Control Over Official Data Available to the Outside World   Early in the Internet's history, the global network architecture was widely recognized as an evolving system for transferring government documents, statistical records, and institutional disclosures across jurisdictions a borderless repository of knowledge that enabled government documents to travel freely across jurisdictions.  A number of scholars, investors, journalists, and policymakers have become accustomed to considering publicly hosted websites as a reliable window into distant government administration. However, recent observations suggest that the assumption of digital openness in China's online ecosystem may be changing quietly.  There has been a steady decline in the international accessibility of Chinese government portals over the past few years: more and more official websites that once appeared regularly in global search results cannot be accessed when searching outside the country's boundaries.  In addition to a broader recalibration of information governance, the emerging pattern is interpreted by analysts as a result of an overall pattern rather than isolated technical disruptions. China's institutional data may also be shaped by these practices, not only by managing the flow of foreign content into the country, but also by how much of it remains public. Over the past few decades, the internet has facilitated unprecedented accessibility to information, dissolving borders that once restricted public records, statistics, and government disclosures. However, new evidence suggests that this openness may be gradually waning in one of the most influential digital ecosystems in the world. According to researchers who have examined the accessibility of official Chinese government websites, an increasing number of them are no longer accessible from abroad. Despite the pattern, it does not seem to be isolated technical failures, but rather a subtle architectural shift in Chinese information governance that analysts are increasingly describing: a system that restricts not only what citizens of the country are allowed to observe, but also what the outside world can see about China.  A detailed analysis conducted in February 2025 indicates these interruptions are not simply a consequence of technical inconsistencies, but rather are the result of deliberate policy restrictions. According to researchers, approximately sixty percent of failed connections to Chinese government portals are a consequence of deliberate policy restrictions, while the remaining cases are attributed to network congestion, legacy infrastructure, or fragmented hosting systems.  It reverses the logic of Chinese domestic internet controls well known to the public. In contrast to the original system, which limited what users were allowed to view abroad, the new configuration appears to be intended to restrict what audiences outside the country may see regarding China's own administrative, economic, and regulatory landscape. These restrictions are unevenly distributed. As opposed to a uniform nationwide block of geo-filtering, it is more common to detect clusters of it across specific provinces or prefectures. Due to this, certain municipal or regional data portals remain available to overseas users despite neighboring jurisdictions appearing systematically unreachable from overseas.  As a consequence of this fragmented pattern, it is increasingly challenging for foreign researchers and analysts to construct consistent datasets, since information availability varies greatly according to the level of administration and technology in place to support government websites. The tightening of external access has also extended beyond government portals into major commercial information services that have long served as research infrastructure for international observers of China’s economy.  Several commonly used platforms - such as Qichacha, a corporate registry database, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure academic repository, and Wind - were restricted from allowing foreign connectivity in 2022 and 2023.  A wide range of multinational companies, consulting firms, and academic institutions used these tools to conduct competitor analysis, regulatory monitoring, and market research within China. As a result of their removal from overseas networks, external stakeholders are significantly limited in the number of verifiable public data they can access.  In May 2024, another similar episode occurred when the National People’s Congress website temporarily implemented geographical restrictions preventing access to its website from outside mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.  Although the restriction was eventually lifted, the incident illustrated how even the highest legislative information portals of the country can be subject to sudden changes in accessibility without prior notice. It was evident by early 2025 that there was a growing access gap within China's own digital ecosystem as well. For the phrase "government website" in Chinese, autocompletion suggestions increasingly included queries such as "cannot enter government website" and "cannot open government website." According to the trend, it appears that the issue is not just affecting international analysts, but also Chinese citizens living abroad, overseas scholars, and global business teams seeking official information from abroad.  Chinese digital governance has been closely linked to what has become known as the Great Firewall, a layered system of network filtering and regulatory oversight designed to limit domestic access to foreign platforms for much of the modern internet era.  The framework has made a wide range of international services largely inaccessible to mainland China for a number of years, including major technology platforms and a number of prominent global news outlets.  Some residents have historically used virtual private networks to circumvent these restrictions; however, authorities have repeatedly moved to tighten regulations pertaining to such tools, framing them as potential threats to national security and information sovereignty, resulting in unauthorized circumvention technologies becoming more prevalent.  Due to the emerging pattern of restricted access to Chinese government websites, this long-established architecture has been markedly inverted. Rather than focusing exclusively on filtering inbound information, new evidence indicates that outward visibility of Chinese public-sector data could also be limited.  Lennart Brussee conducted a recent technical assessment, compiled from over 13,000 websites operated by governments at all levels of government, to determine the extent and scope of the phenomenon. Researches conducted by the researcher during November were conducted to evaluate their accessibility from more than a dozen locations outside China, using residential proxy infrastructure to simulate standard user connections.  Several of these official websites were unable to be accessed from overseas networks, according to the results. Despite some failures appearing consistent with routine connectivity problems, there was a significant share of failures that were consistent with intentional filtering. Approximately one in ten access attempts encountered mechanisms commonly associated with deliberate blocking. These included server-side restrictions and domain name system filtering, preventing foreign queries from properly resolving.  The findings together indicate that limitations on external access are not limited to isolated platforms but may also occur on administrative websites of all types. As researchers, investors, and policy analysts utilize public government records to track regulatory developments, demographics, and economic indicators, the increasing opacity of these digital sources presents a challenge in interpreting China's rapidly evolving information environment. It has already been noticed that such restrictions are likely to have long-term consequences among policy researchers studying the long-term consequences of data opacity. It was argued in 2023 that the limiting international access to publicly available Chinese data would undermine informed policy decisions, according to analysts Dewey Murdick and Owen Daniels of Georgetown University's Centre for Security and Emerging Technology. The authors cautioned that the continued closure of official datasets would lead to a diminished ability to analyze China's political and economic systems based on evidence. They observed that researchers who cannot verify developments through open information can create speculative narratives and reinforce polarized interpretations as a consequence of the resulting vacuum.  At a time when geopolitical tensions between China and the United States are already shaping global policy debate, this can be especially problematic. A decline in public data access, they claim, may unintentionally contribute to policy miscalculations, such as poor economic decoupling strategies or protectionist responses that are based primarily on uncertainty rather than verifiable evidence.  There are broader implications beyond academic research. It has been suggested by Brussee that selective geoblocking of government resources could adversely affect people-to-people exchanges and complicate foreign companies’ attempts to interpret regulatory signals, market conditions, and administrative guidance from official sources.  As an essential layer of informational infrastructure for international firms operating in or studying the Chinese market, publicly accessible government portals have long been an integral part of this process. In response, reduced accessibility may result in a greater reliance on secondary interpretations rather than direct examination of primary data.  Nevertheless, the researchers warn against the implication that the phenomenon is unique to Chinese culture. In recent years, governments across several jurisdictions, including the United States and Russia, have explored ways of limiting the exposure of certain domestic information systems to the outside world. In Chinese territory, geo-blocking does not appear to be uniformly distributed.  The restrictions, however, tend to occur in clusters at the provincial or prefectural administrative level, which suggests that local authorities may be implementing technical controls in response to national policy signals at the same time.  Consequently, researchers have described the process as a gradual experiment in institutional design. There appears to be a wide range of technical approaches adopted by different agencies and regional governments, potentially evaluating the effectiveness of external access controls before deciding whether to expand them more widely.  Observers point out that China's approach to digital governance has historically influenced internet management practices beyond its borders, suggesting that such experimentation could suggest the development of a more comprehensive data governance strategy. The development of network filtering systems by countries such as Russia, Uganda, and Myanmar has often been based on elements of Chinese experience, sometimes accompanied by technical guidance.

China Tightens Control Over Official Data Available to the Outside World #CyberSecurity #DataAccessRestrictions #DigitalGovernance

Platform as Sensor: Why Elon Musk Bought Twitter and What That Reveals About Modern Political… How real-time public telemetry, algorithmic curation, and rhetorical repackaging convert social platforms into strategic sense-making tools…

medium.com/p/590ac958f4b0

Elon Musk didn’t just buy Twitter he acquired a real-time sensor for human thought.
Platforms like X aren’t media; they’re feedback-controlled systems that read, tune, and reshape public meaning in real time.

#PlatformPower #DigitalGovernance #xAI #Grok4 #DualUse
#SPCv3

Will AI tools make better police officers? | The-14 Can AI make better police officers? From predictive policing to bias risks, experts examine whether algorithms improve decisions or amplify harm.

Will AI tools make better police officers?
#AI #PredictivePolicing #PoliceReform #Policing #DataBias #Surveillance #FacialRecognition #TechEthics #HumanRights #CivilLiberties #DigitalGovernance #Accountability #Tech #UK #SocialJustice #AlgorithmicBias
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AI is now shaping economies, elections, and labor markets.
And political actors are shaping AI in return.

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📅 Deadline: 15 March 2026, 11:59 PM Manila time
📩 Submit: Your CV + a short video application to futurehub.pmt@fes.de

#AI #DigitalGovernance