Targeted political advertising can potentially exclude voter segments from important political information, and undermine the democratic process
News and Research articles on Sweden
This paper discusses how online political micro-targeting is regulated in Europe, from the perspective of data protection law, freedom of expression, and political advertising rules.
This paper examines how Google Search ranked 29 junk news domains between 2016 and 2019, finding that SEO — rather than paid advertising — is the most important strategy for generating discoverability via Google Search. Google has taken several steps to combat the spread of disinformation on Search, and these strategies have been largely successful at limiting the discoverability of junk news.
Information and communication technologies allow tax administrations to gather and process large amounts of data in order to individuate tax evaders. However, how to strike a balance between privacy rights and tax compliance?
Operationalisation of communication rights in the context of Finland highlights major challenges that digitalisation poses to democracy.
This paper examines three historical imaginaries associated with encryption, considering how they are intertwined in contemporary policy debates.
Given the weakness of consent-dependent agreements in relation to profiling and prediction markets, consumer protection needs improvement.
Short overview by reporter Monika Ermert on the many pending and newly announced surveillance cases before the European Court of Human Rights, as well as national courts.
The Global Open Data Index 2014 is out. The progress made is not in tune with the rhetoric, reports Monika Ermert.
According to the fourth edition of the eGovernment Monitor, released on November 28, the number of users of eGovernment services in Sweden in 2013 was 53 percent, compared to 70 percent in 2012. On average, the decline in all monitored countries was as high as 8 percent.
Despite a flurry of commitments, real open data progress seems slow, according to a new census. And then, there are governments excelling in both open and secret data.
After years of legal fights before national courts the Luxembourg court will hold a hearing on cases brought forward by Austria and Ireland.
How can European states protect themselves against surveillance programmes such as those of the US and the UK? Different takes on the question where delivered at EuroDIG, in Lisbon.