The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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GeoTech Cues

Jul 16, 2020

Welcoming our GeoTech Fellows

By David Bray

Introducing the growing cohort of GeoTech Fellows. Our fellows are #ChangeAgents providing expertise and tackling the most pressing problems in technology and data.

Economy & Business
Entrepreneurship

In the News

Jul 15, 2020

Dr. David Bray: Can people, data, and technology help build a shock-resistant planet?

By Atlantic Council

The WebIT Virtual Thought Summit recently brought together a number of GeoTech experts, including GeoTech Commissioner Dr. Vint Cerf, and GeoTech fellows Daniella Taveau and Dr. Divya Chander, for a panel discussion co-moderated by Dr. David Bray, Director of the GeoTech Center. These leading experts provided their own perspectives on how the world, in responding to COVID-19, might consider certain technologically enabled solutions to predict and protect against future crises. Importantly, the panel pointed out how these technologies must be intentionally designed with people’s needs at the center, lest open societies see well-intentioned innovation evolve into tools for a surveillance state.

Cybersecurity
Digital Policy

Event Recap

Jul 15, 2020

Event recap | The future of trust and sensemaking online and in digital transactions

By Hannah Biggs

On July 15, 2020, the GeoTech Center hosted a discussion on ways to best increase trust and sensemaking online and in digital transactions.

Cybersecurity
Digital Policy
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#AlertaVenezuela

Jul 14, 2020

#AlertaVenezuela: July 14, 2020

By Atlantic Council's DFRLab

Brazilian assets removed by Facebook for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” used the economic and health crisis in Venezuela, which has been exacerbated by the Maduro regime, to promote anti-socialist sentiment in Brazil. The DFRLab also found some of the assets shared memes supporting a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. The same message had been shared before by Rumbo Libertad, a Venezuelan far right and libertarian movement whose members have appeared in pictures with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his sons in the past.

Disinformation
Venezuela

In the News

Jul 14, 2020

Allen and Rodriquez in Foreign Policy: The US government needs to regulate social media

By Stephen Rodriguez

Army intelligence officer T.S. Allen and Scowcroft Center Senior Advisor Stephen Rodriguez argue that Washington has a unique responsibility to protect social media and prevent election interference.

Cybersecurity
Disinformation

In the News

Jul 14, 2020

Sherman quoted in Yahoo Finance about the Trump administration’s discussed ban on TikTok

Cybersecurity
Internet

In the News

Jul 14, 2020

Sherman quoted in Reuters about the Trump administration’s discussed ban on TikTok

Cybersecurity
Internet

In the News

Jul 13, 2020

Rodriquez quoted in Wall Street Journal: Pentagon’s acting tech chief is a “trusted agent” of the administration

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center Senior Advisor Stephen Rodriguez discusses the implications of Michael Kratsios' transition to Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.

Cybersecurity
Defense Policy
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Report

Jul 13, 2020

Turkey’s Refugee Resilience: Expanding and Improving Solutions for the Economic Inclusion of Syrians in Turkey

By Bastien Revel

Since 2014, Turkey has not only hosted the world’s largest refugee population but has also modeled a best practice for the global refugee policy discussion. Turkey’s experience on the key issues such as jobs and employment should be examined as lessons for both refugee hosting countries and donor countries alike.

Conflict
Crisis Management

In the News

Jul 13, 2020

Sherman quoted in Publico about the Trump administration’s discussed ban on TikTok

Cybersecurity
Internet

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