Canada was not alone in failing to appreciate the true dimension of the threat posed by COVID-19. In this essay, Wesley Wark unpacks the policy lessons learned from previous outbreaks and calls for a reimagining of the system we use to identify global health crises.
To date, the United States has suffered more coronavirus fatalities than any other country in the world. As Calder Walton writes, intelligence about globalized challenges — including pandemics — needs to be dramatically reconceptualized as we enter an era of global biological threats.
“We have to start having a better interchange in that declassified space on a regular basis on what can be shared.”
Read more from Neil Desai on Canada’s Communications Security Establishment and the value of partnering with industry to counter cybersecurity threats.
The United States’ decision to effectively outlaw TikTok and WeChat was an expression of pure power. But, as Blayne Haggart explains, this act could move China outside of the US sphere of influence and, in turn, completely diminish US internet hegemony.
When the Big Tech podcast was launched, no one could have imagined that COVID-19 would turbocharge the power that a handful of digital platform companies have to transform our world. In this essay, Taylor Owen reflects on the conversations had with 19 remarkable guests — many of them focused on the relationship between technology and society during a pandemic.
Data is seen by many as the most lucrative commodity of the new global economy, yet there is no standard in place to provide guidance on the deployment of corporate data policies or to manage ethics, transparency and trust in data value chains. In this policy brief, Michel Girard discusses issues that should be covered in the proposed standard.
Sep. 21 – 12:00 p.m. EDT (UTC–04:00): Join CIGI and the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting for a virtual panel event on the challenge of regulating digital platforms without compromising free expression.
Sep. 22 – 10:00 a.m. EDT (UTC–04:00): The Global Platform Governance Network serves as a virtual space for continued sharing of useful learning, best practices and collaborative solution development regarding the regulation of digital platforms. Participation in this event is by invitation only. For more information, please contact [email protected].
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