Whether or not data centres make it to space, the possibility itself exposes the limitations of resistance hinged only on proximate material experience, thus beckoning a wider and deeper movement.

As human knowledge becomes reusable “agent skills,” existing governance frameworks may no longer be sufficient to address questions of ownership, rights of use, benefit distribution, and accountability.

Regulating inputs is no longer enough: AI-generated outputs expose unresolved legal questions about ownership, responsibility, and evolving forms of creativity under the EU AI Act.

The recent conflict in Iran reveals how internet governance under crisis conditions may be shifting from outright shutdowns toward layered systems of differentiated and monetised access.

The UN has a new permanent home for cybersecurity diplomacy. Whether it can bridge the gap between agreed norms and actual state behaviour is the question that matters.

The landmark judgment by the EU Court of Justice opens the door to operational anonymisation, but its legacy will depend on how regulators, markets, and future courts translate the reasoning into workable governance frameworks.

Wikipedia was built on the premise that open knowledge benefits everyone. Generative AI has exposed the flaw in that bargain: openness without reciprocity turns a public good into a private extraction layer.

The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is designed to empower users with the ability to freely switch between digital platforms. However, my 2026 migration experiment from Apple’s iOS to Google’s Android in Japan reveals a stark contrast between legal provisions and practical realities.

Local memory features, from an EU law perspective, may be covered by cookie regulations. Considerations should be paid to reconcile the regulatory requirements to balance fundamental rights protection and fostering AI innovation.

The EU Platform Work Directive confronts Member States with highly heterogeneous institutional starting points, making generalisable implementation strategies difficult. This op-ed discusses the German case as a potential model for extending platform regulation beyond status-based approaches within the European context.