Coronavirus: A Digital Governance Emergency

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What happens when strident digital, surveillance and diplomatic policies are written in the heat of a disaster? Sean McDonald explains.

Women are 27 times more likely than men to suffer from online gender-based violence. With the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), CIGI is embarking on a two-year research project to support a safer online world.

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CIGI launched its partnership with the IDRC on International Women's Day. To learn more about this research project, watch Karina Gould, Canada's minister of international development, explain the importance of data in developing policies around gender-based violence, and watch Aaron Shull, CIGI's managing director, discuss the survey that will underpin our research. 

Following an interview with  POLITICO's Mark Scott, Taylor Owen considers the three recently released documents that offer a picture of the European Union's plan for big tech.

To avoid (or halt) the harmful effects of digital control and techno-social engineering, Fenwick McKelvey argues that regulators must stimulate more public interest in the ways that technologies shape public life.

Mar. 12 – 7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC–04:00) – Waterloo, Canada: All over the world, women face barriers to equality. Often, these imbalances stem from policies that inherently discriminate against women. Join us for an International Women's Day panel featuring experts who are working to address systemic inequality.

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