5G networks: business, security, and geopolitics Before full implementation, 5G technology requires a thorough investigation of its various security and geopolitical aspects as those related to business and health. At a European level, research and innovation towards the development of 5G communication networks have been a subject of significant support under the Horizon 2020…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Information Disorder
On 6 February 2020, the COMPACT project consortium was represented at a Council of Europe exchange with internet companies. European DIGITAL SME Alliance, which is a partner of COMPACT, had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Council of Europe in 2017 to exchange on issues related to human rights and the internet. The exchange…
The emergence of Corona Virus is related to a number of areas that can be explored to show its multiple consequences. The virus has made people consider its digital implications, among others, and notions such as “digital health” and “digital epidemiology” have come quickly to the fore. The worrying news, however, is the disease brings…
Messages from COMPACT Symposium “Technology and regulation in a convergent environment. The role of social media and its implications” in Sofia, Bulgaria Users face the complexity of the digital environment and the challenge for policy-makers and regulators is to balance the conduct of different actors. We need a new digital skillset and culture in order…
India’s social media content removal order The conversation, Academic rigour, journalistic flair, November 4th, 2019 In recent weeks India’s High Court of Delhi granted an order requiring Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove certain content globally, based on that content being defamatory under local law in India. This decision issues the trend of internet…