Privacy
Experts Call for Multisector Collaboration to Fight Digital Fragmentation and Build Public Trust
Significant regulatory discrepancies disrupt global businesses, restrict cross-border data flow and limit user choice.
Europe
Helge Tiainen: Fiber Access Extension Eases Connectivity Worries for Operators, Landlords and Tenants
A new law presents an opportunity to reuse existing infrastructure for fiber broadband deployment.
Alleged Ad Collusion Probe, E.U. Crypto Bill, YT Ad Bypasser Shut Down, WISPAMERICA Launches
Meta and Google face allegations that they coordinated advertising practices to lock out their competition.
Big Tech
Big Tech Must Unite Against Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Just as America and EU
The head of the Center for European Policy Analysis said America and EU need to agree on Big Tech.
Europe
Openreach Partners With STL For Fiber Build
Openreach aims to get 20 million fiber-to-the-premise connections by later this decade.
Europe
Privacy and ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Laws Complicate Rules for Global Reporting
February 8, 2021 – When sharing content in any form, publishers need to understand the legality and impact of the content may have on foreigners, especially given the European Union’s privacy law, a panel of experts concluded at a Tuesday conference hosted by the American Bar Association. The comple
Europe
Social Media an Extremely Important Outlet for Belarusian Independent Journalists
February 8, 2021 – Social media remains an important means for journalists in Belarus to fight state repressions, said Alexander Lukashuk, director of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and other on a panel of journalists gathered by the Atlantic Council on Thursday. Many journalists in the Eastern Eu
Trump Signs Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, How Not to Wreck the FCC, Broadband Performance in Europe
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to guide how federal agencies adopt artificial intelligence, as part of an ongoing effort to build public trust in government use of AI. The order includes four important actions by the Trump Administration. The order itself direct
Open Access
CEO Greg Mesch Recounts How CityFibre, UK’s Third Major Telecom Provider, Grew With Wholesale Network
September 22, 2020 — Open access and wholesale networks have been slow in coming to the United States. Yet in the United Kingdom a network utilizing a wholesale model, CityFibre Networks, is taking the country by storm. CityFibre, led by CEO Greg Mesch, is simultaneously improving internet reliabili
Europe
Irish Data Protection Commission Asks Facebook to Stop Sending European Data to the United States
September 14, 2020 – The transatlantic relationship between the European Union and the United States has reached a critical point, as the countries’ data privacy policies continue to clash. On July 16, a legal decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union, Schrems II, moved to invalidate th
Artificial Intelligence
European Commission Aims to Build AI Regulatory Systems Based on European Values
July 15, 2020 — The European Commission is preparing to develop and adopt new policies regarding artificial intelligence, with the ultimate goal of becoming a global leader in innovation surrounding the data economy and its applications. In a Wednesday webinar hosted by the Information Technology &
Europe
European Commission Ramps Up Digital Sovereignty Laws, Seeking to Increase Local Competition and Protection
June 26, 2020 — Panelists on a Thursday webinar hosted by the Atlantic Council discussed Europe’s search for digital sovereignty and its potential effect on transatlantic relations, following the launch of a related issue brief by fellow Frances G. Burwell and non-resident senior fellow Kenneth Prop
Social Media
Panelists Call for Stakeholder Collaboration to Establish Trust in Content Moderation Processes
June 24, 2020 — Four members of the Transatlantic High Level Working Group on Content Moderation Online and Freedom of Expression detailed the group’s newly released report entitled “Freedom and Accountability: A Transatlantic Framework for Moderating Speech Online,” on a Tuesday webinar hosted by t
Health
Asian and European Nations Taking Very Different Approaches to Coronavirus Pandemic Contact Tracing Apps
June 10, 2020 — The development of digital contact tracing solutions raises endless security issues: Where should data be stored and for how long? Should public health authorities have access? Should app adoption be voluntary or involuntary? In a webinar hosted on Wednesday by the Center for Democra
Open Access
U.S. Should Follow UK in Open Access Infrastructure Investment, Say Broadband Breakfast Panelists
June 10, 2020 — The U.S. should follow the European example of investing in wholesale open access infrastructure models, said panelists at a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event Wednesday. One company that has found success using a purely wholesale model is the U.K.’s CityFibre. “We chose a model t
FCC
Two Brendan Carrs Tout the Importance of Telemedicine in a US Telecom Webcast
May 20, 2020 — In a web forum Wednesday, Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr said that while the U.S.’s broadband response to the coronavirus pandemic has been satisfactory, the country still has room to improve with applications such as telemedicine. The US Telecom forum featured a con
