Legislation to support data sharing
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at legislation around data sharing and unintended consequences. The response to the coronavirus pandemic brought data to the heart of government decision making like never before – but what lessons does government need to learn about data sharing from the experience? This paper summarises...
Broadcasting regulations in Wales: Part 1
This report from UK think tank the Institute of Welsh Affairs maps out current resources available to regulators and policy-makers in Wales. The project will be published in full in early 2023, and include three sections: Part 1 aims to provide an overview of the current legislative and regulatory frameworks governing broadcasting in Wales. Part 2 will...
Regulating facial recognition in Latin America
This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at policy lessons from police surveillance in Buenos Aires and São Paulo. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years have driven the rapid development of facial recognition technologies. Jurisdictions around the world have begun to grapple with the question of how to regulate their use....
Just a click away
This report from UK think tank the SMF looks at how increasing SME e-commerce exports can boost UK’s economic growth. The UK has had an exports problem. Since the financial crisis of 2008, it has been lagging behind its pre-crisis trend. This has been further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, where UK exports have failed...
Sunshine machines
This essay from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at what infrastructures are needed to cultivate a more feminist, caring digital society. This essay was commissioned as part of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation programme Social justice in a digital age in response to James Plunkett’s essay, The care paradox. Rather than examining how...
Public services in a digital future
This essay from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at being honest about the choices we face. This blog is part of a collaborative Joseph Rowntree Foundation project examining and exploring ideas we need to advance Social Justice in a Digital Age.
Poverty and the health and care system
This report from UK think tank the King's Fund looks at the role of data and partnership in bringing change. Health and care systems can mitigate, reduce and prevent poverty’s effects on health, but to do this they need to be much better at sharing and acting on data. Our long read with the Centre...
Interoperability is more than technology
This report from UK think tank the King's Fund looks at the role of culture and leadership in joined-up care. Integrated care systems (ICSs) and provider collaboratives are ushering in a move towards more collaborative working across organisations in health, social care and the voluntary and community sector – and digital health technologies have an...
Shut the back door
This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at protecting encryption from the Online Safety Bill. End-to-end encryption is foundational to the proper functioning of our online experience; The Online Safety Bill would—in its current form—undermine end-to-end encryption by empowering Ofcom to demand service providers use ‘accredited technology’ to give them access...
A censor’s charter?
This report from UK think the Centre for Policy Studies looks at the case against the Online Safety Bill. The Online Safety Bill (OSB) is one of the most controversial pieces of legislation produced by Government in recent years. A new briefing paper from the Centre for Policy Studies outlines why it is likely to...
