Authoritarian regimes are competing to create and control emerging technology to gain the upper hand in the global power competition, while democracies have the potential to harness emerging technology to strengthen democratic institutions and freedoms. From 5G to social media, find ASD’s work on emerging technology on this page.
Lindsay Gorman Talks Data, Privacy, and the Coronavirus Pandemic with CBS News’ Dan Patterson
As governments ramp up contact tracing apps to contain the coronavirus, concerns have arisen about how to do this safely and in a way that protects civil liberties in the ongoing struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. Emerging Technologies [...]
Lindsay Gorman on Beijing’s Technology Standard-Setting Offensive in Lawfare
The Chinese Communist Party has seized on the importance of international standards bodies for the dual and mutually reinforcing objectives of increasing national competitiveness and building international influence on technology adoption and norms [...]
Combating the Coronavirus Infodemic: Is Social Media Doing Enough?
The global coronavirus pandemic has also spawned an epidemic of online disinformation, ranging from false home remedies to state-sponsored influence campaigns. In the confusing environment, false medical theories have even found accidental legitimiz [...]
Lindsay Gorman Discusses Tech Companies’ Efforts to Combat Coronavirus Disinformation on NPR
Technology companies' response to coronavirus "shows what aggressively confronting a disinformation challenge actually looks like and what our big tech platforms can do when there is a strong will to act,” Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman [...]
Deepfakes and the 2020 Election: How Are the Platforms Poised to Respond?
Deepfake technology that uses artificial intelligence to create and modify videos, images, and audio recordings to place individuals in situations they were never in, or put false words in their mouths, has burst onto the scene as the latest technol [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Protecting Democracy in the Digital Era at the Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable
Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková gave a talk on protecting democracy in the digital age at the Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable in Lisbon. [...]
Lindsay Gorman Talks 5G and the U.S.-China Trade Deal on CBC
Huawei should not be allowed to participate in democratic networks around the world, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman asserted on CBC's "Power & Politics." She explained that the phase one U.S.-China trade deal is "essentially a cease [...]
Combating the Latest Technological Threat to Democracy: A Comparison of Facebook and Twitter’s Deepfake Policies
Deepfake technology that uses artificial intelligence to create and modify videos, images, and audio recordings to place individuals in situations they were never in, or put false words in their mouths, has burst onto the scene as the latest technol [...]
Lindsay Gorman on the Geopolitics of 5G in the Atlantic
The transition to 5G in 2020 may mark the point when Beijing's interests diverge irreconcilably from those of the United States, European Union, and their democratic peers, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman argues in The Atlantic. [...]
Lindsay Gorman on NATO’s Approach to 5G in Defense One
Whether NATO comes together or falls apart over 5G will be a test of how it will handle China’s rise, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman argues in Defense One. [...]
Lindsay Gorman Talks Deepfakes at Defense One and Nextgov’s Cyber Summit
Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman discusses the democratization and dangers of deepfakes on a panel titled "Fact vs. Fiction: How the Government is Changing Information Verification" at Defense One and Nextgov's Cyber Summit. [...]
Matt Schrader on TikTok’s Role in China’s Information War in Nikkei Asian Review
Because of its parent company's relationship with the Chinese Communist Party, TikTok has the potential to be a powerful tool for the CCP to censor information and manipulate discourse outside China, China Analyst Matt Schrader argues in Nikkei Asia [...]