Our 2020 Annual Report

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In this episode of Big Tech with Taylor Owen, Ron Deibert argues that we need to rethink how telecommunications equipment and protocols are built. Unless we put safeguards in place, malicious actors will continue to exploit the vulnerabilities in the communications ecosystem.

An international cooperative effort should work to distribute the vaccine first to wherever it is needed most, without consideration of national wealth or power. James Bacchus explains.

The European Commission is proposing the world's most ambitious data governance architecture, but, as Sean McDonald writes, the act still ignores familiar, fundamental problems.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges for all economies, but it has also presented an opportunity to rethink our financial systems. In this conference report, Giovanni Tria, Angelo Federico Arcelli and Robert Fay ask: how can we build more resilient economies for a post-pandemic future?

Feb. 9 – 1:30 p.m. EST (UTC–05:00): Join us for a discussion with David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, about the changing threat landscape, and the ways in which Canada can contribute to an important strategic discussion around national security and intelligence practices. 

Jan. 13 – 7:00 p.m. EST (UTC–05:00): Join us for a virtual event with Laura DeNardis to celebrate the launch of her latest book, The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off SwitchDeNardis will discuss the social and economic benefits of the Internet of Things, and how digital infrastructure has become a proxy for political power.

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