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A Human-Centric Digital Manifesto for Europe

How the Digital Transformation Can Serve the Public Interest
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  • Date
  • September 2019
  • Author
  • Ursula Pachl & Pamela Valenti

The digital revolution is radically changing every aspect of human life in the 21st century and it’s essential that regulators address the challenges this transformation brings. The new European Commission should look beyond digital single market issues, and focus on creating new rights-based policies and regulations based on freedom, democracy, equality, and rule of law to ensure that existing offline rights are protected online. 

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Ukraine’s Independent Media

Q&A: Telling War Stories Under Fire

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It is incredibly tough to cover war against an enemy who wields disinformation amid the bombs and bullets. Yet thousands of displaced Ukrainian journalists carry on. What it takes to keep their stories coming.

May 2, 2022

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