DG Digital – Is Post-Ideologic Technocracy the Way? »

19 June 2014 | Per Strömbäck

There is talk around Place Lux and Schuman that the new Commission should appoint a DG Digital to ensure that the digital perspective is represented in EU policy. But what is the digital perspective? ... »

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Netopia Speaks in House of Commons »

17 June 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Today, Netopia took part in a seminar on digital policy and intellectual property in the House of Commons in  London. My speech: Members of Parliament, Fellow Speakers, Ladies and Gentlemen, ... »

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Uncanny Valley, or: Are Robots the New Humans? »

11 June 2014 | Per Strömbäck

In her column about the blessings and perils of robot technology this week on Netopia, Birgit Hütten talks about human-like robots. That brings to mind the idea of the “uncanny valley”, which also app... »

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Fog Computing and the Man Who Bought The Pirate Bay »

27 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Our online lives run on cloud services and the cloud services run on data centers with hundreds of thousands of computers. Whether it’s an NSA bunker in Idaho or Facebook’s facility in Luleå, Sweden, ... »

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Pirates Lose Influence in EU Parliament »

26 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck

The shock and drama of the anti-EU and pro-fascist parties’ progress was of course the most important development in the EU parliament election. There is a lot to be discussed about that and who knows... »

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Netopia Election Guide »

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22 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

With the European Parliament Election this week, digital policy is hotter than ever. The current parliament has debated issues of network neutrality, cross-border licensing, ACTA and much more. There ... »

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Opt-Out. Really? »

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18 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck

In this week’s book review, Ralf Grötker details some of the consequences of Silicon Valley surveillance. I must admit, I was shocked to learn that Android phones monitor the movements of their owner ... »

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Centralisation and Fragmentation Challenge Net Neutrality-concept »

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8 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Europe is busy debating network neutrality, the idea that all data packets should be treated equal. Except for spam, that should be filtered out. And viruses, which should be deleted. And other harmfu... »

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The Father of the Internet – a Belgian? »

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2 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck

The internet has many roots and several men aspire to the title “The Father of the Internet”. One name often suggested is Vint Cerf (now at Google), who was a program director at the US Defense resear... »

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Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité en Ligne »

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23 April 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Yesterday, the French Senate heard Netopia following the report Can We Make the Digital World Ethical?. It was certainly encouraging for Netopia to be recognised by such a prestigious institution. The... »

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