The age of the digital railroad tycoons (Connection Problem S09E03)
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Two threat models for algorithmic decision-making systems
There are two major threat models to consider when discussing algorithmic decision-making systems (ADM) — which I’ll get to in a moment. The other day, when I spoke to…
Stiftung Mercator launches new digital policy think tank “Agora Digitale Transformation”
It’s time to pull back the curtain on a project I’m extremely happy I’ve had the opportunity to work on for the last year or so: A new…
Connection Problem S09E02: An overdue Check-in
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Is standardization the new frontier for civil society?
A topic that has been comic up a lot in conversation is a trend towards pushing regulation work to standards bodies. More concretely, for regulation in the context…
UN Habitat Playbook “Centering People in Smart Cities”
UN Habitat launched a new series of playbooks as part of its People Centered Smart Cities flagship program. I was happy to be a peer reviewer last year…
Which scale & speed fits the challenge?
Two things side by side about scale that caught my eye: One: Over at SNV, Julian Jaursch published a paper (English, German) on EU platform regulation, or more…