Opinion – Cryptocurrencies Still Don’t Challenge National Ones
It still appears that if a type of cryptocurrency is to become significant it is most likely to be a digital version of an existing currency issued by a central bank.
Opinion – Facebook’s Oversight Board: A Matter of Scope and Power
Despite boasting impressive membership, it is difficult to say that this new board lives up to the powers and capabilities of an appropriate corporate governance body.
Facebook’s Libra: A Global Monetary System Governed by Private Corporations?
A great deal of international acceptance and cooperation would be required for the Libra Global Coin to operate without jeopardizing international financial stability.
Will Governments Lose Monetary Control to Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency?
Libra may struggle to impact markets unless they adopt a very aggressive strategy of below-cost pricing and are more efficient and much less costly than existing systems.
Facebook’s Libra and the International Politics of Financial Infrastructures
Thinking in terms of ‘infrastructures’ invites a helpful degree of caution and scepticism about the scope and pace of technological change.
Interview – David Runciman
David Runciman discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on democracy, the link between conspiracy theories and technology and his views on identity politics.
Hacking Westphalia: ICT Infrastructures, Fake News and Global Politics
Digital platforms have opened the way for people to connect, debate and gather information; yet they have also increased the spread of fake news.
From Citations to Clicks
There’s an impression that the world of the academic is independent of the pressures of competition and marketing. That impression is wrong and proving more so every day.
Rights Fit For a Networked World
Facebook says we have a right to be connected but recent events such as the detention of David Miranda and surveillance by the NSA show the need to prevent abuses by those that exploit these connections.
