Identity Engineering: Why a leading Chinese AI startup abandons its home market
The Chinese AI and venture capital community was shocked by Meta’s swift acquisition of Manus, an AI agent company from Wuhan, China, in a deal worth an estimated $2–3 billion. For Meta, this deal is its third-largest acquisition to date….
Don’t Renew the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) was enacted during a period of heightened anxiety over massive state-sponsored breaches and the burgeoning threat of global ransomware. Its architects envisioned a nationwide “digital neighborhood watch,” where private companies and…
IGP Year in Review (2025)
The Internet Governance Project’s coverage in 2025 documents a troublesome ongoing global shift from “multistakeholder” governance and ICT liberalization norms toward an era characterized by aggressive techno-nationalism and state-centric control over networks, software applications, and expression. However, there were also…