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The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to making globalisation work for the many, not the few.
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Tony Blair Institute 3 uur
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🔵 Polarisation: There is wide debate on how personalisation is straining our perceptions. The “filter bubble” can be beneficial but it can also be a means to distribute content that damages social cohesion. discusses this phenomenon ↓
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Tony Blair Institute 3 uur
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🔵 Responsibility: The sophistication of digital products means we now enjoy real-time updates and infinite scrolling. As we consider the effects of this, many are questioning where the responsibility lies for how much time we spend on our phones
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Tony Blair Institute 3 uur
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🔵 Privacy: The biggest difficulty for policy makers here is the concept of privacy itself. The digitisation of relationships is central to creating customer experiences based on huge amounts of data but when does it become too much? More here →
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Tony Blair Institute 3 uur
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🔵Work & jobs: Technology has opened new types of work, providing benefits and shortfalls. Moving forward, approaches that protect innovation, flexibility & job security, with greater emphasis on the training for the new careers big tech bring
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Tony Blair Institute 3 uur
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🔵 Inequality: For society to prosper, economic gains must be shared equally, making inequality a key challenge for the broader impact of the Internet, particularly at a time when populist resentment of distant elites is gaining ground
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Tony Blair Institute 3 uur
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🔵 Disruption: Companies have leveraged technology to outperform and unseat established players and giving consumers significant gains that few would want to give up. But for others, it means the decline of profession. More on this →
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Tony Blair Institute 3 uur
Big tech has caused widespread upheaval. ’s report explores the wider picture of the Internet’s impact, revealing a number of important economic and cultural challenges → We examine some of these in more detail in this thread ↓
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Tony Blair Institute 7 uur
At a time of increasing fear amongst Jewish communities across the world and appalling anti-Semitic attacks is a shining example of there being more that unites than divides us - Tony Blair.
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Tony Blair Institute 8 uur
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Tony Blair “At the heart of this approach is a new Transatlantic Alliance for Technology. Parallel regulators in the US and the European Union level should be established… with the remit of rewriting the rules of the Internet age"
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Tony Blair Institute 8 uur
Als antwoord op @clry2
Last century's regulation is a poor fit for the pace and scale of the Internet. A new approach, with stronger accountability and more freedom to innovate is the way forward. proposes a next-generation of regulator for big tech firms
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Tony Blair Institute 8 uur
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The urgency for Western policymakers to get their approach right is heightened by China’s rapid progress in AI. For the West to defend and promote its values, it must be able to lead development & define a system of ethnics and governance for AI
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Tony Blair Institute 8 uur
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The responsibility to do better lies with both tech firms and politicians. All businesses operate in a legal and political framework, which governments have sought quick fixes for, instead of doing the hard work of regulation for the digital age
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Tony Blair Institute 8 uur
Technology is central to the challenges in Western politics, defining the operating environment for politicians & policymakers. In an environment of disruption and change, leaders must choose whether to find the answers or ride the anger
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Tony Blair Institute 11 uur
Als antwoord op @clry2
There is a better way forward, which aligns the incentives of big tech firms with public interest, ensuring people can enjoy the benefits of innovation, while companies act responsibly. sets out a roadmap for tech regulation
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Tony Blair Institute 11 uur
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3️⃣ Accepting that innovation is unavoidable and focusing on capturing their share of gains, to be redistributed as political patronage. We see this in calls for a tax on big tech players such as Facebook, Amazon or Netflix
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Tony Blair Institute 11 uur
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2️⃣ Absolving politicians of any requirement to engage with tech, pushing the responsibility of resolving it to someone else – often seen when it comes to issues like crime and copyright. Here’s why this solution doesn’t work →
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Tony Blair Institute 11 uur
Als antwoord op @clry2
1️⃣ Trying to force innovation off the table, playing out in laws and regulations that ban new ways of doing business or new models unsustainable. Sometimes this doesn’t take new laws. Read ’s report for more on this response
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Tony Blair Institute 11 uur
There are countless examples of new technologies colliding with old rules and regulations. The absence of proper understanding is therefore betrayed by 3 common policy responses advanced by politicians – all fighting to maintain the status quo
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Tony Blair Institute 1 nov.
It’s time to make tech policy for a modern world. ’s report sets out the building blocks and challenges for big tech → The priority for policy makers now is to cut through the complexity and get perspective on the challenges of big tech
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WIRED UK 1 nov.
Speaking at this morning, former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, called for an all-new way to regulate massive technology companies. "We’ve got a regulatory system designed for one age and we're living in a different age altogether."
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