Making Big Tech Pay for the News They Use
This report examines how as more people get their news online, journalism has become more dispersed and untethered from the…
Theme: Tech & Democracy
Twitter as a Newsgathering Tool: Challenges and Possibilities for Independent Media
This report explores how Twitter holds the potential to enable journalists to diversify their reporting. Worldwide, and especially in developing…
In Repressive Countries, Citizens Go ‘Dark’ to Share Independent News
This document explores how the blind spot, dubbed “dark social,” originates when visitors arrive from links shared by email, text,…
Spyware: An Unregulated and Escalating Threat to Independent Media
This report examines how the digital surveillance industry is a broad and largely opaque network of companies that produce technology…
The Rise of Internet Throttling: A Hidden Threat to Media Development
This document examines how an increasing number of governments around the world are forcing internet service providers to slow their…
How Media Taxes Can Burden News Outlets: The Case of Uganda
In July 2018, the government of Uganda implemented a tax on individual users of Media platforms. In the first three…
Why South Korea Needs to Rethink Its National Security Now
Chung Min Lee explains why South Korea needs to revise its national security strategy amid new threats and challenges.
Localization And China’s Tech Success In Indonesia
This paper examines how despite ambivalence about Chinese intentions in Indonesia’s political and defense establishment, Chinese telecoms firms have successfully…
The future of UK banking and finance
The Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center has teamed up with New Financial to produce an ambitious blueprint for the future of…
#DFRLabCoffeeBreak – Assistant Secretary General of NATO Baiba Braže
In our latest #DFRLabCoffeeBreak, Associate Director Lukas Andriukaitis hosted Assistant Secretary General of NATO for Public Diplomacy Baiba Braže. In…