Technology and geopolitics around the world has gone through rapid transitions in the last few years. These massive shifts have had profound impacts on tech policy and regulation. In Episode 05 of The CCG Tech Podcast, Fawaz and Shashank speak with Ramsha Jahangir on the way geopolitics is influencing and driving tech policy globally. They look at the changes in Europe, the effect of the Trump administration, as well as the changing outlooks of Global Majority countries.

Ramsha Jahangir is an Associate Editor at Tech Policy Press. Previously, she led Policy and Communications at the Global Network Initiative (GNI), which she now occasionally represents as a Senior Fellow on a range of issues related to human rights and tech policy. As an award-winning journalist and Tech Policy Press reporting fellow, Ramsha has extensively reported on platform governance, surveillance, and digital authoritarianism.

Resources:

• Ramsha Jahangir's writing on ‘What’s Behind Europe’s Push to “Simplify” Tech Regulation?’: https://www.techpolicy.press/whats-behind-europes-push-to-simplify-tech-regulation/ 
• Anu Bradford coined the term ‘Brussels Effect’ noting trickle down effect of EU regulations on the rest of the world, read more here: https://academic.oup.com/book/36491  
• To read more about EU’s AI Act: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai 
• ‘Brazil’s Supreme Court Overturns Platform Liability Rules—Now Comes the Challenge of What’s Next’ https://www.techpolicy.press/brazils-supreme-court-overturns-platform-liability-rulesnow-comes-the-challenge-of-whats-next/  
• Meta rolls back on fact checking/’Meta Says It Will End Its Fact-Checking Program on Social Media Posts’: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/07/business/meta-fact-checking 
• Reading on how Paris AI Summit signalled move towards AI innovation & development over AI safety - https://www.grip.globalrelay.com/from-ai-safety-to-ai-action-paris-summit-highlights-change-in-global-approach/ https://www.epc.eu/publication/The-Paris-Summit-Au-Revoir-global-AI-Safety-61ea68/ 

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