Inflated expectations, inflated assets, inflated capital investments, bad policy. It’s all got to end pretty soon. Artificial intelligence applications are everywhere. They unlock your phone, correct your spelling, redesign your slide presentations, recommend videos, scan and summarize reports and papers, converse with you. All these use cases are different, yet...| Internet Governance Project
In mid-September 2025, U.S. and Chinese officials convened in Madrid for a high-level negotiation that yielded a breakthrough on the TikTok deal: a “basic framework consensus” for resolving the long dispute over the platform. This meeting marked the fourth round of China–U.S. trade and technology negotiations since Trump announced new tariffs in April. The possibility […] The post Identity politics: The TikTok Deal, Chinese export controls, and firms’ country-of-origin conundrum app...| Internet Governance Project
Inflated expectations, inflated assets, inflated capital investments, bad policy. It’s all got to end pretty soon. Artificial intelligence applications are everywhere. They unlock your phone, correct your spelling, redesign your slide presentations, recommend videos, scan and summarize reports and papers, converse with you. All these use cases are different, yet we continue to be misled […]| Internet Governance Project
The shocking part of the TikTok settlement that no one’s talking about| Internet Governance Project
There are many reasons to be concerned about freedom of expression in America these days. But one of them, and perhaps the most insidious, is going under the radar. I am talking about the framework agreement under which TikTok’s US application would be “operated” and substantially controlled by a US entity. Buried in the […] The post The shocking part of the TikTok settlement that no one’s talking about appeared first on Internet Governance Project.| Internet Governance Project
It is a depressing sign of our illiberal times: the assassination of a right-wing youth organizer who embraced public debate and engaged in provocative free speech has provoked sweeping new threats to public debate and freedom of expression – from his own supporters. Even before we knew who the assassin was, hard-core conservatives were […]| Internet Governance Project
The dominance of the US dollar has been increasingly contested in recent times. Rising US debt levels, coordinated de-dollarization efforts among BRICS economies, and the rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin raise questions about dollar hegemony in the digital age. A recent event hosted by the Institute for Humane […] The post Networks of Money: Shoring Up Dollar Dominance with Cryptocurrency appeared first on Internet Governance Project.| Internet Governance Project
On Thursday, September 11, IGP will host a webinar with Patrick McGee, the author of “Apple in China.” This well-researched book tells the story of Apple’s symbiotic relationship with manufacturing companies in China – how it evolved, what it accomplished, and what currently threatens it. McGee is a business journalist who spent years researching the […]| Internet Governance Project
What? A moderated webinar on Dr. Milton Mueller’s new book When? Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 10-11 AM ET Where? On Zoom https://tinyurl.com/yh9m8wh8 On three separate occasions this year, I heard the phrase “Who reads books anymore?” The deluge of LLM content has certainly disrupted the information space. That transformation makes the difference between shallow and […] The post Declaring Independence in Cyberspace: Book Discussion appeared first on Internet Governance Project.| Internet Governance Project
It’s time to realize that our industrial policy for semiconductors is failing. It was built on three pillars: subsidies to encourage re-shoring of fabrication, export controls that made trade in chips a function of our political alliances; and an attempt to maintain a competitive advantage in the digital by decoupling from China. None of these […]| Internet Governance Project
The integration of digital public infrastructure, like digital identity and wallets for accessing public and private services, has made Internet access a necessity in India. In 2024, India ranked second globally in Internet usage. Yet, only 49.15 percent of its population has Internet access, with rural and remote regions remaining significantly unconnected. This divide is not […] The post India’s Satellite Communications Policy: Balancing Competition, Connectivity and Control appeared f...| Internet Governance Project
How does the digitization of money intersect with financial governance? This is an issue IGP has been working on since 2021. On August 7, two webinars hosted by the Institute for Humane Studies will bring our work directly into the policy discussion. A white paper released by the Internet Governance Project (IGP) in February 2025 […] The post Join us to discuss The Dollar, Bitcoin, Stablecoins, and the interconnection of competing monetary networks appeared first on Internet Governance Proj...| Internet Governance Project
The future of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process will be one of the main topics of the 2025 Internet Governance Forum. Many in the IG community are heavily invested in the renewal of WSIS. They imply that if it is not renewed, there will be major, negative effects on the way we […]| Internet Governance Project
