Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week-
- U.S. and States Say Facebook Illegally Crushed Competition (The New York Times)
- Google and Apple are banning technology for sharing users’ location data (The Verge)
- Russia’s FireEye Hack Is a Statement—but Not a Catastrophe (Wired)
- ‘It’s Not About Money’: Destructive Cyberattack Proves Israel Lacks One Key Thing (Haaretz.com)
- After Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout, Google Search Will Show Vaccination-Related Info (India Times)
- Tech giants to face large fines under Europe’s new content rules (Politico)
- Sci-fi surveillance: Europe’s secretive push into biometric technology (The Guardian)
- Former EU leaders call for democratic safeguards in new tech rules (Reuters)
- Ethics by Design: An organizational approach to responsible use of technology (World Economic Forum)
Some light reading- Homer’s the Oddyssey