Digital Policy Lab | Public Policy

Studies and Positioning

A NEW SEPARATION OF POWERS?

UK and French proposals to regulate online platforms for harmful and illegal content

This essay considers how policy and regulation are adapting to platforms’ role in governing markets; arguments for new institutions and regulatory frameworks; and efforts to ‘reconcile code and law.’

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DATA, PRIVACY AND THE INDIVIDUAL

Report "Privacy Matters"

The aim of the research project Data, Privacy and the Individual is to contribute to a better understanding of the ethics of privacy and of differential privacy. The outcomes of the project are seven research papers on privacy, a survey, and this final report, which summarises each research paper, and goes on to offer a set of reflections and recommendation to implement best practices regarding privacy.

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Workshops and events

CAN REGULATION SAVE THE INTERNET?

Workshop concept note

Different actors are calling for adequate regulation to mitigate the harmful effects of the Internet. What should this regulation look like, and who is responsible for its implementation? ECFR and Telefónica have launched a series of workshops in London, Berlin, Washington, Brussels and Madrid to discuss these issues.

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Can regulation save the Internet?

A view from London

Within the framework of the agreement signed between the European Council of Foreign Relations (ECFR) and Telefónica, a seminar was held in London that brought together more than twenty leading experts from the UK government, academia, civil society, platforms and the private sector to identify the key issues in Internet regulation and identify possible solutions, based on the UK experience.

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Media Library

Wednesday, 24 february 2016

Eduardo Navarro and digital inclusiveness in Latin America

Eduardo Navarro and digital inclusiveness in Latin America Eduardo Navarro, global director of Comms, Brand, Public Affairs and Sustainability at Telefónica analyzes the digital gap in...

Monday, 18 january 2016

Manifesto for a New Digital Deal

Telefonica presenta su Manifiesto por un Nuevo Pacto Digital que aboga por una digitalización centrada en las personas.

Monday, 18 january 2016

New Digital Deal

Telefónica hace un llamamiento para definir un Nuevo Pacto Digital que renueve las políticas sociales y ecónomicas, colocando a las personas en el centro de la digitalización.

Monday, 8 february 2016

Connecting Digital Lives

Connecting Digital Lives Connectivity is the first requirement to enter the digital world. In Telefonica, we push for further cooperation between the public and private sector in order...

Monday, 18 january 2016

Modernising Rights and Policies

MODERNISING RIGHTS AND POLICIES In Telefónica we propose de creation of a "Digital Bill of Rights", the rights and obligations that should apply equally online and offline.