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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is quietly becoming a normative force in the governance of digital economies.

Just Security's collection of 100+ articles analyzing the implications of AI for society, democracy, human rights, and warfare.

The safeguards emerging from Taiwan's effort to address information manipulation risks offer democracies a platform governance roadmap.

Congress must ban demands for payment to the government for national-security related approvals and prohibit companies from making these payments.

The case of Meta's platforms in India reminds us that in digital governance, rights are not only written into policy, but must be written into design.

Finding the spirit of liberty in the United States requires looking beyond the leadership of elite institutions. Among ordinary citizens, there’s no scarcity of civic courage.

The Grok case suggests that effective AI regulation may come not from comprehensive AI-specific frameworks, but from applying existing harm-based laws to new capabilities.

The deterioration in human rights in 2025 heightens the risks for defenders going forward, all worsened by donors' deep funding cuts, especially those of the United States.

By abandoning proactive content moderation, platforms are accelerating a global slide toward censorship — the very outcome they claim to oppose.

PADFAA was enacted with the right intent but the wrong architecture. Congress must adopt five targeted amendments before enforcement begins.

Each new incident of political violence is followed by a wave of digital celebration, intimidation, and imitation. Responses remain polarized and superficial.

What played out across social media throughout Moldova's recent election exposed how easily disinformation fills the gaps between state regulation and platform indifference.