This paper explores the economics of software vulnerabilities, evaluates three policy alternatives for vulnerability discovery and disclosure and argues that bug bounty programs, which leverage two-sided digital market platforms to connect organisations and ethical hackers, yield the highest effectiveness, legality and trustworthiness impacts.

Navigating the EU data governance labyrinth: A business perspective on data sharing in the financial sector

Eugénie Coche, University of Amsterdam
Ans Kolk, University of Amsterdam
Martijn Dekker, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 12 Feb 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.1.1738

This paper offers a business perspective on the EU data governance framework by exposing different elements playing a role in its implementation at the firm level.

Government responses to online disinformation unpacked

Samuel Cipers, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Trisha Meyer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Jonas Lefevere, University of Antwerp
PUBLISHED ON: 11 Dec 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.4.1736

This article provides a database of government responses to online disinformation and compares the amount and type of response over time and against the level of democratisation, press freedom, and gross domestic product.

Follow along as Members of the European Parliament navigate bias and discrimination in AI and explore their perspectives on regulatory measures, shedding light on the complexities of their understanding and paving the path towards informed policy development.

Digital organising

Stephan Bohn, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Georg von Richthofen, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Georg Reischauer, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
PUBLISHED ON: 16 Nov 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.4.1726

Digital organising refers to the collective purposeful alignment and distributed action fostered through digital technologies. The apparently opposing nature of digital organising draws attention to the need to unravel the concept theoretically.