The digital domain is fast emerging as a new
landscape of global competition and conflict. The benefits of
digitization have been immense, but so have the harms — rampant
disinformation, privacy violations, cyber-attacks, and the worsening of
inequalities, to name a few. As harms proliferate and the technology
rapidly broaches new frontiers of complexity and power, such as in AI
and quantum computing, tensions over security, access, innovation, and
human rights are becoming more pronounced, and the stakes are rising.
It’s clear we need greater global stewardship
to ensure digital technology promotes human rights, inclusive
sustainable development, and international stability. But the world has
yet to develop global frameworks to govern the digital domain. Different
nations have competing visions of whose interests should take
precedence – whether those of the state (as in China), the firm (the
US), or the end-user (the EU). But what principles and mechanisms should
underwrite global tech governance? Who should write the rules? And how?
Panelists:
- Ed Felten,
Robert E. Kahn Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Public
Affairs and Founding Director Center for Information Technology Policy,
Princeton University and Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs,
Inc. (Unfortunately, Ed Felten will no longer be a panelist for this event.)
- Monica Greco, Fellow, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University and Senior Program Officer at Open Society Foundations
- Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Director Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Princeton University
- Anne-Marie Slaughter,
CEO, New America and Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor
Emerita of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Moderator: Candace Rondeaux, Director, Planetary Politics Initiative, New America
Opening Remarks: Amaney Jamal, Dean, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics, Princeton University
