{"id":12526,"date":"2026-02-17T20:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12526"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:26:49","slug":"who-should-control-our-digital-world-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12526","title":{"rendered":"Who should control our digital world? | Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>A few tech corporations control most of the world\u2019s data. Some countries have been fighting to change that.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A small group of \u201ctech bros\u201d controls much of the world\u2019s data and calls the shots on what people see on their social media. This has become an increasing concern for countries around the world, with many enacting new legislation and building new infrastructure to take back control. But government control can present its own problems of surveillance and censorship, and significant gaps in digital rights remain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Stefanie Dekker<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><br \/>Alejandro Mayoral Banos \u2013 Co-executive director of Access Now<\/p>\n<p>Arthur Gwagwa \u2013 UNESCO independent AI expert<\/p>\n<p>Sahar Khamis \u2013 University of Maryland professor of communication<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 17 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">17 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few tech corporations control most of the world\u2019s data. Some countries have been fighting to change that. A small group of \u201ctech bros\u201d controls much of the world\u2019s data and calls the shots on what people see on their social media. This has become an increasing concern for countries around the world, with many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}