This Global Crisis Calls for Global Leadership

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The world has suffered through a number of economic crises over the past 100 years. In this op-ed, James Boughton considers what lessons we can take from those events, and how we can apply them to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Two major regulatory reforms in Europe are forcing banks to share their customer data with competitors and put the individual in control of how their data is (and is not) used. In this conference report, Maria Fernandes and Angelo Federico Arcelli ask: what are the broader implications of this disruption for the financial system as a whole?

Zoom and other digital communication tools are seeing a spike in both usage and stock price. In this article, Ron Orol explores the new norms of working from home, and whether or not the popularity of teleconferencing will outlast the outbreak of COVID-19.

Highlights from Social Media

To mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus, a number of social media platforms sent contract content moderators home and replaced them with automated systems. Listen to Robert Gorwa's explanation of how this shift in the workforce could impact content moderation.

Apr. 16 – 11:00 a.m. EDT (UTC–04:00): Hosted by the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, this webinar will examine why data has become a national security issue. Speakers include CIGI's Aaron Shull and Susan Ariel Aaronson. 

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