An Alternate AI Framework – For People and the Planet
Whether AI will be a weapon of social injustice or an agent of positive change depends on the stories we…
BIG TECH WATCH (BTW)
Big Tech Watch (BTW) aims to interrogate the increasing power of Big Tech companies over our democracies, societies, economies and more – basically all aspects of our everyday living. BTW works as a record keeper of sorts, aiming to make visible the linkages between algorithmically powered corporations, global justice, social equity and human rights.
BTW provides analysis about corporate excess – from anti-competitive practices, killer mergers and acquisitions, to back-doors in trade deals. It also covers relevant law and policy developments.
A New AI-Led World Order Needs to Rewrite the Rules of Data Capitalism
In the scramble for AI-led development, what would global algorithmic justice look like? Anita Gurumurthy We are currently witnessing deep…
Regulatory Chill: Tech Giants Lobby Negotiators at Secret Swiss Talks to Subvert Regulators
Global tech giants are lobbying Australian officials in secret talks in Geneva over a deal which could allow them to…
Between Big Data and Big Brother
With Anita Gurumuthy Why does the overwhelming control over data by governments and large corporations not bode well for democracy?…
The WeWork Saga: A Dot-Com Bubble Déjà Vu
What Silicon Valley’s IPO misfires have to say about the lawless regime of private finance. Ira Anjali Anwar There are…
Exceptions & Confusions- The Politics of Trade and National Security
This interview follows our earlier conversation with Amelia, ‘Negotiating Trade and Competition in the Digital World.’ With Amelia Andersdotter National…
Beyond Breaking up Big Tech- Public Alternatives to Facebook
This interview follows our earlier conversation with Tim, ‘Is Breaking up Big Tech Enough?’ With Timothy Karr …
Towards the Dismantling of Digital Monopolies – Data, Competitiveness and the Portability Key
By Maria Paz How have tech giants like Facebook and Google built their empires? Why is it so tough for…
The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle- Reconfiguring Competition Policy For The Data Driven Economy
By Ira Anjali Anwar Existing antitrust laws have proven to be ineffectual in tackling big tech monopolies. Cases against large…
Negotiating Trade & Competition in the Digital World
With Amelia Andersdotter As a global network, the Internet has been largely governed in the international arena under the ‘multistakeholder’…
