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Platform Oversight: A Neglected Link in Internet’s Regulatory Futures

Augustina Del Campo

Buenos Aires: Universidad de Palermo, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Informatión (CELE) (2022), 34 pp.

"The first section of this article frames the discussion of oversight in the legal theory of governance; then it analyzes different initiatives of regulation, co-regulation, and self-regulation centering on a few aspects of the mechanisms that impact their independence, impartiality, competence, and ... more

Loss of Tonga’s Telecommunication: What Happened, What Were the Consequences and How Were They Managed?

Niels Naghelus Schia, Lars Gjesvik, Ida Rodningen

Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (2022), 4 pp.

"In January 2022 the subsea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in Tonga had a major eruption which also cut the country’s communication lines nationally, between Tonga’s inhabited islands and the outside world. The damage led to a complete halt in international communication (a “digital darkn ... more

Digital Humanism: For a Humane Transformation of Democracy, Economy and Culture in the Digital Age

Julian Nida-Rümelin, Nathalie Weidenfeld

Cham: Springer (2022), ix, 127 pp.

"This open access book deals with cultural and philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and pleads for a “digital humanism”. This term is beginning to be en vogue everywhere. Due to a growing discontentment with the way digitalization is being used in the world, particularly formula ... more

Cybersecurity in Poland: Legal Aspects

Katarzyna Chalubinska-Jentkiewicz, Filip Radoniewicz, Tadeusz Zielinski (eds.)

Cham: Springer (2022), xvi, 513 pp.

Digital Civil Society: Access OpenTech

Gitte Zschoch (ed.)

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2022), 52 pp.

"Both the challenges to a democratic internet and challenges to internet access make clear that good digital products accessible to us all are not natural byproducts of digitalisation. Instead, they require coordinated proactive and joint efforts by the global community in order to come into being. ... more

Africa, China, and the Development of Digital Infrastructure Governance: A Case Study of Ghana and Tanzania

Eric Bishel

Vienna: Central European University, School of Public Policy, Master Thesis (2022), v, 35 pp.

"This thesis uses a comparative case study to examine Tanzania and Ghana, two countries where China has contributed or sold large amounts of infrastructure, but who have seen different political reactions to and uses of this infrastructure. It poses the question: how do we explain the differing path ... more

Refugees in the Digital Economy: The Future of Work Among the Forcibly Displaced

Evan Easton-Calabria, Andreas Hackl

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 4, issue 3 (2022), pp. 1-12

"The current scale and duration of displacement prompts renewed urgency about livelihoods prospects for displaced people and the role of humanitarian organisations in fostering them. This special issue focuses on how aid organisations, together with the private sector and other actors, have worked t ... more

Connecting Without Protecting: Intermediating the Internet Economy in Digital Livelihoods Provision for Refugees

Andreas Hackl

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 4, issue 3 (2022), pp. 13-21

"Because refugees face barriers to making a livelihood online, aid organisations and private enterprises support them by building bridges across digital divides, connectivity problems or skill gaps. They thereby become intermediaries and brokers that facilitate connections between refugees and onlin ... more

Digital Livelihoods Undone: Digital Skills Training and the Systematic Exclusion of Refugees in Lebanon

Rabih Shibli, Sarah Kouzi

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 4, issue 3 (2022), pp. 42-47

"A decade into the Syrian war, Lebanon remains the country hosting the largest number of refugees per capita worldwide, limiting their work to three sectors of the economy. Most of the employed refugees have therefore been active in the informal market under indecent and insecure working conditions. ... more

Digital Responsibility: Bridging Ethical Divides in Digital Refugee Livelihoods

Evan Easton-Calabria

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 4, issue 3 (2022), pp. 52-54

"This op-ed outlines key issues humanitarians should consider when assessing their ‘digital responsibility’ to foster digital refugee livelihoods. This includes in particular the need to develop robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks of outcomes of digital livelihoods trainings for refugees ... more

Towards a Digital Development Partnership That Meets African Interests

Benedikt Erforth, Kerstin Fritzsche

Washington, DC: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2022), 24 pp.

"Africa has become a linchpin in the EU’s ambitions to support economic development, particularly through digital transformation. The February 2022 EU-African Union (AU) Summit will provide an opportunity to present the EU’s Global Gateway not only in opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initia ... more

Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil

David Nemer

Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2022), xi, 218 pp.

"David Nemer draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to provide a rich account of how favela residents engage with technology in community technology centers and in their everyday lives. Their stories reveal the structural violence of the information age. But they also show how those oppressed by ... more

Why’s Everyone on TikTok Now? The Algorithmized Self and the Future of Self-Making on Social Media

Aparajita Bhandari, Sara Bimo

Social Media + Society, volume 8, issue 1 (2022), pp. 1-11

"The video-sharing social media platform TikTok has experienced a rapid rise in use since its release in 2016. While its popularity is undeniable, at the first glance, it seems to offer features already available on previously existing and wellestablished platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, and Fa ... more

Digital Literacy Primer: How to Build Digital Literacy Into USAID Programming

Kanchana Sthanumurthy, Kelly Church, Araba Sapara-Grant

USAID (2022), 82 pp.

"This Primer aims to: improve USAID staff's understanding of digital literacy; demonstrate how digital literacy contributes to broader global development goals; describe how digital literacy can be incorporated into various stages of the USAID program cycle; and detail ways in which different sector ... more

La privacidad en la era de las redes sociales

Miguel Recio Gayo

México, DF: Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales (INAI) (2022), 135 pp.

"El presente ensayo que usted tiene entre sus manos trata sobre las consideraciones y desafíos entorno a la agenda de la privacidad y protección de datos personales en las redes sociales digitales. El autor hace mención reiteradamente sobre las implicaciones que tiene en el ámbito legal; pero si ... more

Digital Switchover in Sub-Saharan Africa: Bringing Low-Band Connectivity Within Reach

GSMA (2022), 42 pp.

"Digital switchover (DSO) allows countries to use less broadcast spectrum due to the greater efficiency of digital terrestrial television (DTT). By improving spectral efficiency in this way, countries can reallocate spectrum for mobile broadband. At the same time, consumers can enjoy a broader array ... more

Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Nepal

Shachee Doshi, Susannah Horton, Ariel Magid, Craig Jolley

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 92 pp.

"Nepal’s digital ecosystem does not yet meet the needs of all Nepalis and runs the risk of falling further behind. Over the past decade, mobile phones, and mobile internet have become increasingly widespread in Nepal; however, the government’s capacity to implement digital policies and solutions ... more

Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Zambia

Reyn Anderson, Vlad Manoil, Brown Kasaro, Yaroslav Eferin, Lukonga Lindunda, Kate Gromova

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 83 pp.

"The Zambia Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment report outlines the key aspects of the country's digital ecosystem and provides recommendations for the international development community to create a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment to achieve development outcomes." (https://www.usaid ... more

Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Peru

Gabriela Corbera, Jacqueline Foelster, Carlos Guerrero, Susannah Horton

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 82 pp.

"Key findings include: 1. Peru’s digital ecosystem is one of many contrasts. There have been sustained advances over the last 30 years in connectivity, digital literacy, digital rights, digital government, and the digital economy; 2. Challenges in digital policy implementation and coordination cap ... more

Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Moldova

Jordanka Tomkova, Olga Morawczynski, Susannah Horton

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 104 pp.

"Key findings include: Moldova is home to a competitive telecommunications market, affordable internet, and well developed internet infrastructure, much of which has been achieved over the last 10 years; cybersecurity implementation and capacity have not kept pace with policy development. The govern ... more