Digital Transformation

While most were stuck in a particularly gruesome mid-winter Covid lockdown at the beginning of 2021, there was…

As automated analysis of data (via a suite of tools known as machine learning) becomes more prominent, examples…

Cybersecurity is a complex concept. It essentially consists of the two terms ‘cyber’ and ‘security’, both of which…

Authors: Eduardo Magrani and Lucas van Hattem   The start of the new year might not have taken…

Were you ever surprised that certain personal data that you thought was visible only to you was actually…

From optimizing production in manufacturing, to allocating hospital beds, to operating door entry systems of smart buildings, the…

The Internet has been labelled as an independent and universal space throughout the 1990s and until today many believe it…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms have gained a growing influence over our society. It is not unusual to see…

Authors: Oskar J. Gstrein and Dimitry Vladimirovich Kochenov   While most regions of the world are still struggling…

The Case for a Designated Hub to Address Disinformation in Israel Disinformation has become an increasingly expansive phenomenon…

Accelerated Information Consumption on Social Media Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic is the first pandemic that…

Authors: Dr. Lena Frischlich and Dr. Edda Humprecht Trust and its Role in Combating Disinformation  The world has…

Israeli Science Communicators Supporting a Fact-Based Public Discourse Science communication comes with its challenges, due to the fact…

Authors: Markus Weisskopf and Rebecca Winkels Lessons from Promoting Science Communication to Fight Misinformation in Germany The COVID-19…

Who’s responsibility is social media platform regulation? Personal data has been utilized in an unregulated environment throughout the…

In recent years, political parties and campaigners around the world have invested heavily in online advertising, demonstrating the…

Interference in democratic decision-making processes carried out by outside powers is anything but a novel phenomenon. Especially during…

By Nicole M. Krause and Isabelle Freiling Concerns about misinformation on issues at the intersection of science and…

On the Added Value of ‘Big Data’ for Public Policy – and why it is ok to have…

A lot has been written about the dismissal of facts and reality by President Trump and his allies…

The Search for Oversight, Safeguards and Accountability in Tech Surveillance The landscape of digital communications and the evolution…

Israeli Perceptions of Voluntary Contact Tracing Applications vs. Mandatory General Secret Service Surveillance during the COVID-19 Pandemic Israel…

Contact tracing technologies can potentially help health organizations and governments stop the spread of COVID-19 by finding and isolating…

Among the initial Israeli responses to the COVID-19 pandemic was the harnessing of counterterrorism surveillance measures used by the…

Why is there so much awareness for data protection and privacy in Germany? The text pursues this question.…

The German Corona warning app is a success story. This paper tries – within the confines of its…

Cities as a Sink for Innovation and Decarbonization The role of cities in shaping and driving the decarbonization…

The Role of Big Data and AI in Sustainable Urban Development Increasingly abundant big data and artificial intelligence…

Conversations about a Covid-19 vaccine have been ongoing since the disease came into our lives. As researchers, pharma…

In January 2020, before we were familiar with Covid-19, Alex Jones’ channel, Infowars, hosted Del Bigtree — a producer, and antivax…

It’s a scenario that’s been on the very top of every cybersecurity official’s list of nightmares for a…

The Covid-19 pandemic is emphasizing the limitations of efforts taken by tech platforms to tackle dissemination of false…

The shared fear of Russia’s military aggression has been a glue holding together the transatlantic security alliance. Since…

“Citizens are speaking to their governments using twenty-first-century technologies, governments are listening on twentieth-century technology and providing nineteenth-century…

Digital disruption and innovation will fundamentally change HR requirements of government personnel at all levels. In the age…

Proliferation of data-science fields has improved the daily lives of people across the globe, offering tools to improve…

Governments around the world are grappling with the fact that many government employees—from secretaries to drivers to passport…