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We Need to Look To Brussels Rather Than Canberra

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The headline-grabbing news about the regulation of social media platforms, symbolized by the recent clash between Facebook and Australia, might offer little relevancy to the Visegrad Four countries – writes Dominik Presl, AMO.

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12.03.2021

New Hierarchies of Power

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Because of unprecedented technological and societal developments, the dilemma around free speech and power of private companies to restrain it will not be resolved by relying on solutions implemented in the past. These paradigmatic changes will require utterly innovative approaches and gives an opportunity for Transatlantic cooperation – writes Miroslava Sawiris, GLOBSEC.

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05.02.2021

Centralisation is a danger to democracy

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After the violent events at the US Capitol social media monopolists are finally waking up to the reality that centralisation is dangerous; with power over daily communication of hundreds of millions of users comes responsibility perhaps too big even for Big Tech – writes Michał “rysiek” Woźniak.

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18.01.2021