Regulate Tech

In this episode we are discussing the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and the recently proposed UN convention as well -- what can we learn from the 20 years since the original Budapest convention launched and why should we be engaged in the work the UN now seems to be undertaking with very little public attention paid to it? How should we approach issues related to new crimes, new evidence and c...

In this episode we discuss hearings, what goes on behind the curtains and how you can survive - but never win - a hearing. Tune in to learn about different parliaments and the tricks of the trade!    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

This episode is dedicated to digging deeper on transparency from first principles. How should we understand the increasing demands on transparency and the different legislative proposals? What does transparency really mean and what are the design dimensions of transparency?    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

One of the most heated and interesting debates about tech policy for the early Internet was embodied in the idea of network neutrality. In this episode we discuss the past, present and future of network neutrality, incumbents vs challengers, zero-rating and how we should think about network neutrality now.    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this season opener we discuss governments surveillance, NSO, scanning phones for illegal materials, Enchrochat, Anom and much more! What limits should we look for when we think about government surveillance and how can such limits be implemented and enforced?    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this, the season's last episode, we recommend some summer reading. The full list below! We will be back third week of August!    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad   The list:  Alan Rusbridger Breaking the News Gary Klein Sources of Power Jonathan Haidt The Righteous Mind Julia Galef The Scout Mindset Dunbar et al, Thinking Big China Mieville The City and The City John Connoll...

In this episode we dig into the craft a bit more and discuss collaboration and competition in the policy space, companies briefing against each-other and why standards is the next space to really watch out for.    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

Midsummer's Eve episode! In this episode we return to the classics, and one of the texts that has been both praised and ridiculed - John Perry Barlow's Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace from 1996. What has happened since it was written and how has the tech policy space changed -- where was Barlow right and what did he get wrong. Far from dismissing Barlow we try to engage with the text and...

In this episode we discuss big tech, competition policy and the question of the future of antitrust. We also note that companies get big by competing, but stay big through regulation and that the Internet is going from a farmers' market to a pharma market!   Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss the emerging law on the right to disconnect, work/life balance and the question of what is actually happening to jobs and work as the pandemic lifts. How do we think about the workplace of the future, privacy and leisure time?    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss all things geographical - maps, location, local organization and communities, satellite imagery and borders, public sector geo imagery and issue of geographical naming. We also explore why the topical Internet will realize the democratic promise in the technological revolution!    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss the new proposal from the European Commission to strengthen the code of practice for misinformation. We discuss the underlying premise, the tools and what the negative framing of the issue means for the future of democracy online. Tune in!    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss the new UK Online Safety Bill and where they get their cheap lawyers and programmers, as well as how to really think about a duty of care.    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss the challenges with the age limits in today's legislation and what could and should be done to make sure kids are safer online.    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we dig deep into one of the real classics of tech policy making - the 1980 privacy principles and their impact. We also discuss how emphasis has changed over the years.    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

This is another craft session, where we discuss the actual organization and build up of policy teams, and how to think about them in different models - capabilities, super powers, geographically and mapping to political and business structures. A lot to unpack and discuss!   Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

The new AI-regulation has gotten a lot of attention - but what does it tell us about the mechanics of legislation and the articulation of political intent - and how should we read the second and third order effects of this first-of-a-kind legislation?  Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss Lawrence Lessig's seminal book Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999). What it meant to us then, what we think it still means and where it ended up being wrong about today.    Participants: Richard Allan , Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss how the taxation debate unfolded, and what hard choices underpin it. We aim to clarify some of the discussions and look behind the scenes to understand motivations and challenges in creating a clear and predictable international tax system. It is hard!   Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

This one is about the craft! About how to build policy teams, where they report in and what to do and not do when setting out to think about a policy function!    Participants: Richard Allan and Nicklas Berild Lundblad   (Note a slight lag in a few places in this one between us, though, apologies for that). 

In this episode we start looking into the often both complex and complicated issues of jurisdiction over the Internet. We discuss the trends and evolution, and the re-territorialization of the Internet over time and give a few examples of hard choices we may have to make in the future.    Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we examine the often somewhat fuzzy distinction between open and closed systems and platforms, and discuss if there are better ways to think about this. We also suggest that maybe we should pay more attention to the distinction between centralized and de-centralized solutions.    Participants: Richard Allan and Nicklas Berild Lundblad

The first copyright episode! We discuss the old copyright wars and the coming ones, as well as the benefits of Creative Commons. What was all the fuss about? And why did copyright fade as the unquestioned number one policy issue in tech policy?    Participants: Richard Allan and Nicklas Berild Lundblad

So, we are 8 episodes in and it felt about right to take a step back and say hi and introduce ourselves, explain how we ended up being interested in tech policy and why Richard was dissuaded from becoming Indiana Jones and ended up an Italian psychologist pirate. Listen in if also if you want to hear a bit about how tech companies started out thinking about policy and what the early days were like...

In this session we discuss the history and future of privacy, fundamental concepts and ideas about data as well as the question of if we will see more or less personal data online in the future. Listen in!