This category covers cross-cutting political and regulatory trends including:
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Migration towards new intellectual property, copyright and patent regimes which accommodate technological innovation and new social patterns of consumption whilst supporting creativity and economic sustainability in both the developed and developing world.
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Greater transparency, access to public sector data and a growing momentum behind open government initiatives designed to empower citizens, reduce corruption and strengthen governance through new technologies.
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An increased appetite and capacity for certain governments to monitor their citizens’ activities and control/limit the information they can access, assisted by progressively sophisticated approaches including the bulk monitoring of communications data across multiple platforms.
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The challenges of regulating a global borderless Internet at a supranational level whilst accommodating overlapping and competing national legal jurisdictions and frameworks will continue.
