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Just Security’s expert authors offer strategic analysis on AI, cyber, quantum and other emerging technologies, including the national security implications of AI, global governance frameworks, the evolving cyber risk landscape, and how technology use cases comport with legal and ethical considerations.

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The U.N. Fact-Finding Mission: An Accountability Turn for Iran?

The creation of the first U.N. fact-finding mission on Iran signals that the world will not stand silent in the face of egregious human rights abuses.
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UN Counterterrorism and Technology: What Role for Human Rights in Security?

A key UN committee opened its doors to civil society and experts, but the resulting Delhi Declaration contains little of that input thus far.
The Twitter account of Elon Musk is displayed on a smartphone with a Twitter logo in the background on November 21, 2022. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

More Turbulence Ahead for Twitter as the EU’s Digital Services Act Tests Musk’s Vision

Much depends on how social media platforms interpret their obligations under the new regulation, and how EU authorities enforce it.
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Incendiary Speech That Spurs Violence is Rising in US, But Tools Exist to Shrink It

"It is vital to keep millions of Americans from being captured by conspiracies, disinformation, and violent rhetoric."

Encryption Helps Ukrainians Resist Russia’s Invasion, but a European Plan Threatens the Underlying Trust Any Tech User Needs

The intended crime-fighting proposals could force encrypted-messaging services to abandon basic confidentiality or pull out of the market.
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Loss and Damage at COP27: What’s Been Lost, What Can We Salvage From the Damage?

States should fund serious progress on loss and damage now to avoid future bills related to climate change.
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Why We Serve: Upholding the Democratic Process

"[D]emocracy must continuously be defended and ... our service to our community does not end but instead shifts in its form. This is something veterans have long known and appreciated."
Protesters wave red National League For Democracy (NLD) flags and raise three-finger salutes on February 09, 2021 in Yangon.

Southeast Asia’s Leaders Should Work Toward a Freer Internet

Southeast Asia’s heads have begun to gather in Cambodia for a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where they will also be joined by other world leaders…
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee at Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill August 4, 2022

The Missing Review of FBI’s January 6 Intelligence and Law Enforcement Failures

The country needs an examination of the FBI's organizational and individual flaws that helped bring us to January 6th.
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Twitter, Elon, Ye, and the “Lex Platformia” – Emergent Rules for Governing Social Media

An emerging set of rules that apply to public expression on platforms hosting content could ensure that necessary democratic safeguards are securely in place.

The Mining Gap: Critical Minerals and Geopolitical Competition

This week, world leaders are gathering in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for COP27, the 27th annual United Nations conference on climate change. This year’s conference carries with it…
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Election Denying Officials Who Refuse to Certify Election Results Could Face Prosecution

"Election officials who are considering abusing their power in service of election falsehoods do so at their legal peril."
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