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State support will spur growth of China's data economy

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CHINA

The document constitutes an overall blueprint for the policies, regulations, mechanisms and institutions of a thriving data-based economy, following the government's designation…

China's unsettled data rules create regulatory risk

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CHINA

It will focus on the role of data in economic and social development. Meanwhile, the incomplete and sometimes incoherent implementation of new regulations governing data…

China’s Data Security Law will create dilemmas

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CHINA

It tries to balance trade-offs between restricting access to data (to promote security and privacy) and allowing access to data (to promote trade in data and its commercial…

Explainability concern requires judicious use of AI

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INT

This presents a safety concern in some areas, and creates difficulties in guaranteeing that AI decisions are unbiased, for example in their treatment of different demographic…

Social credit will affect foreign firms in China

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CHINA

China's corporate social credit system.

Biden will improve labour rules in digital economy

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US

Biden wants to tackle the rise of digital labour platforms offering workers greater flexibility but lower pay, benefits and job security. The issue has become urgent due to the…

AI global surge creates environmental paradox

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INT

This creates a paradox, since, while AI-generated solutions are crucial to help solve the climate emergency, their very deployment is also adding to the problem. To tackle this…

Algorithms are insufficient to curb disinformation

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INT

However, such technical content filters struggle with the increasingly sophisticated and nuanced disinformation campaigns, involving activity from both automated bots and humans…

Calls to audit social media algorithms will rise

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INT

The problem of misinformation, polarisation and harmful content on social media has in recent years exposed the ineffectiveness of self-regulation by platform operators. Yet…

India's digital economy workforce is set to expand

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INDIA

Not only has the range of software services provided widened, but a host of other services are being delivered remotely and in person through digital platforms to Indian…