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Digital Sovereignty and the Open Internet: Can they Coexist?

On April 4, 2025 the Internet Governance Project (IGP) in collaboration with the Quello Center will gather scholars of differing views to debate what digital sovereignty means, how it is being used as a label, and whether the various interpretations…

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DeepSeek Says “Xi Jinping is a Dictator”

In last week’s blog post, The Frontier Illusion: Rethinking DeepSeek’s AI Threat, I discussed Cisco’s safety test on DeepSeek R1, which revealed the model’s inability to filter out socially unacceptable content, including cybercrime, harassment (bullying), chemical and biological weapons, and…

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IGP at AoIR 2024

From October 30 to November 2nd, the 2024 Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference was held at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, United Kingdom. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the AoIR conference, which set a record as…

Digital Assets Series: Part 4 | The European Central Bank’s Attack on Bitcoin

In October 2024, Senior Management of the European Central Bank (ECB) Market Infrastructure and Payments division published a hit piece on Bitcoin. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis followed suit shortly thereafter. The ECB paper provides an overdue perspective on…

The Traditional Media’s Role in Sculpting Truth: the Originator Profile and Unfair Election Reports

As the global community grapples with various regulatory frameworks and policy recommendations put forward by states, social media companies, and academia, the pivotal role of traditional media and journalists often slips under the radar. The article discusses information integrity efforts…

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Understanding National Security in a Digital Age: Summary of IGP’s 8th Annual Workshop

On November 10, 2023, we convened a diverse group of experts at the National Academies of Sciences in Washington D.C. for our 8th Annual Workshop. Our goal? To examine the critical question: what should national security look like in a…

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The Narrative: December 1, 2023

Dispatches from the evolving digital political economy Is De-Dollarization fueled by the rise of Digital Currencies? Nations, particularly within the BRICS alliance, are increasingly exploring alternatives to the US dollar. The rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) is playing…

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The Narrative: September 15, 2023

Reports on the evolving digital political economy A Victory for Free Speech on Social Media A federal appeals court has upheld a finding that U.S. federal officials violated the First Amendment by coercing or strongly encouraging social-media platforms to censor…

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Webinar Analyzing India Stack

In an era where digitalization is rapidly transforming societies and economies, the question of digital sovereignty has taken center stage. How can nations harness the power of technology while safeguarding their autonomy and interests? India, with its burgeoning digital landscape,…

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The Narrative: September 1, 2023

Reports on the evolving digital political economy Human Authorship and AI Images A lot of bad policy about AI is being made because people are overstating its risks. These overstatements usually derive from overestimating the autonomous nature of the AI….