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Technology
Technology has the potential to significantly enhance certain activities at scale and create value for large groups of people. However, while the immediate effects of technology may seem clear, a lack of understanding of its inner workings can obscure its nuanced impacts.
The last few decades have seen a rapid, explosive rise in world-changing technologies, from the internet to artificial intelligence. For those directly working in these industries, much about these topics is taken for granted, including how they are built and what they can do—knowledge not immediately obvious to outsiders. By fostering mutual understanding of what technologies are and how they are constructed, we can make better joint decisions regarding implementations and regulations: a prosperous society for all.
Safe Use of Big Data
Establishing a clear framework for the largely unregulated realm of extremely large and complex datasets, often obtained through hidden digital means, is essential.
Policy Ideas
Faster Laws
Encouraging the development of faster laws parallel to tech growth.
At Home Policy
Mandating the storage of critically sensitive data on European servers.
Consumer Consent
Explicit consent on an individual basis before data sharing.
Ethical Standards
Clearly understood limits on how data can be collected and used.
Positive Artificial Intelligence
Computer systems will continue to manage increasingly complex tasks for us, but it is our responsibility to ensure they remain a positive force for society at large.
Policy Ideas
Encouraging Competitiveness
The ability to compete with foreign adversaries is critical to all sectors.
Home Grown
Offering resources and support to European companies.
Population Literacy
Everyone should have a fair chance at understanding technology.
Clear Regulations
Aligning regulation expectations between lawmakers and leaders.
Stronger Cybersecurity for All
We must protect our systems, networks, and data from digital attacks, such as data heists that could be used for political manipulation or energy grid shutdowns.
Policy Ideas
Critical-Now
Auditing and implementation of safeguards for public infrastructure.
Promote Competition
Increased competition to build better, faster defense systems.
Penetration Testing
Government-led initiatives to test the safety of digital systems.
Training and Recruitment
Increasing the number of experts in public and private sectors.
An Open, Equal Internet
It is crucial to continue paving the way for the internet as a fundamental, shared resource and human right, vital for public participation, access to information, and connectivity among people.
Policy Ideas
Open-Source Subsidies
Promoting the creation of software that benefits us all.
Equal Access
Keeping net neutrality laws in place and disavowing corporatism.
Opposing Consolidation
Preventing an ever-shrinking internet from the hands of a few.
Freedom of Press
Holding platforms accountable for following the law.
