Developing a cutting-edge data-driven methodology for identifying early signals of new trends & technologies. |
Mapping the ecosystems & networks surrounding these key topics, evaluating their social, legal, technological, ethical & economic contexts. |
Creating a value-driven vision for what the future internet could and should look like, involving a wide variety of voices across Europe. |
This umbrella topic deals with such issues as access to the Internet, control over information and ICT infrastructure, principles of social justice in the tech industry and the Internet’s ethical challenges. It is motivated by the belief that the Internet should be culturally inclusive, representative and accessible to all. Moreover, technologies should be designed and used following principles of ethics.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about years of change in the way companies and institutions in all sectors and regions use digital technologies. On the one hand, the pandemic has accelerated the digitization of our societies. We have largely adopted and adapted to new remote work and online communication tools. On the other hand, the pandemic brought to light new contentious tech issues such as contact tracing or digital immunity passports.
Decentralisation has been long regarded as a transformative process with large disruptive potential for market competition. Blockchain technologies may play a central role in the future of social media, financial services and in other intermediation services. As of today, the most widespread implementation of blockchain is related to cryptocurrencies. As an emerging technology, blockchain raises pressing regulatory issues.
Climate change remains humanity’s top challenge, with great impact on technological and social development. Besides already available consumer products, emerging technologies such as AI and quantum computing may play a significant role in reducing the harmful effects of global warming. However, the content crisis on social media divides society by popularising fake news. Therefore, Internet services play a greater role in the fight against climate change that is beyond the carbon footprint of using them. Reducing the spread of fake news and propaganda will be key to build a global consensus in the necessity to take more significant steps.
This umbrella topic deals with the conundrum of online privacy faced by the tech sector and regulators. It covers legislative efforts in the EU and US for improving privacy protection, various digital identity verification methods, security of online personal data and tensions between the comfort of online services provided by tech giants and user privacy.
The state of public debate is heavily influenced by social media, the spread of fake news and conspiracy theories. Since the Russian interference scandal in the US elections, and the Cambridge Analytica campaign during the Brexit referendum, there are increasing warning signs that elections can be manipulated through social media.
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openai (0.15) | 8chan (-0.11) |
dmwf europe (0.14) | antidefamation league (-0.09) |
roblox (0.11) | netzdg (-0.07) |
gpt3 (0.1) | section 230 (-0.03) |
factcheck (0.04) | parler (-0.03) |
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video conferencing (0.2) | qanon (-0.04) |
remote work (0.2) | conspiracy (0.03) |
twitch (0.19) | protest (0.03) |
zoom (0.16) | misinformation (0.05) |
stay home (0.08) | amazon warehouse (0.05) |
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test-and-trace (0.2) | disinformation (0.03) |
qr (0.16) | world health (0.03) |
exposure notification (0.16) | herd immunity (0.04) |
covidsafe app (0.15) | conspiracy (0.05) |
privacy-preserving (0.14) | lockdown (0.1) |
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quantum circuit (0.29) | puigneró (-0.1) |
dapp (0.27) | conspiracy (-0.07) |
nonfungible (0.22) | sim swap (-0.07) |
cryptokitties (0.21) | cryptocurrency scam (-0.06) |
digital identity (0.19) | disinformation (0.03) |
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collabora (0.4) | pensacola (-0.2) |
e2e (0.29) | huawei equipment (0.03) |
decentralised (0.29) | facial recognition (0.04) |
libra (0.29) | palantir (0.06) |
resilience (0.28) | chinese government (0.07) |
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electrification (0.25) | conspiracy (-0.05) |
netzero (0.21) | wildfires (-0.01) |
ev (0.21) | disinformation (0.05) |
supply chains (0.19) | misinformation (0.07) |
carbon capture (0.19) | deforestation (0.09) |
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pictfor (0.45) | content moderation (-0.34) |
mail-in ballot (0.41) | sim swap (-0.14) |
autodelete (0.35) | puigneró (-0.1) |
self-sovereign (0.32) | facial recognition (0.16) |
tokenisation (0.29) | chinese government (0.17) |
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roblox (0.26) | hate content (-0.09) |
pretrain (0.23) | farright (-0.05) |
openai (0.18) | incite violence (-0.04) |
ai-based (0.08) | netzdg (-0.03) |
media literacy (0.06) | qanon (-0.01) |