According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has removed or is about to remove a number of programmes from the Chinese version of its App Store, including Whatsapp, Threads, Telegram and Signal on the basis of national security concerns expressed by Beijing by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech – La Repubblica blog Continue reading “What the Chinese ban of Whatsapp, Telegram and Signal from Apple’s App Store means”
US-China war over processors goes beyond technological autonomy
The Financial Times reports China’s decision to discontinue the use of Intel and Amd processors – as well as the Windows operating system and implicitly the software that needs it to work – from its civil services: China react to the technological ban with a blow to the solidity of US Big Tech. The analysis by Andrea Monti, Professor of Digital Law at the University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian on Formiche.net Continue reading “US-China war over processors goes beyond technological autonomy”
What are the consequences the possible banning of TikTok in the US?
In a scenario of hybrid, unconventional and low-intensity warfare, platform services play an important role, not only for their potential in psyops by Andrea Monti – Professor of Digital Law at the University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “What are the consequences the possible banning of TikTok in the US?”
Free press, investigative journalism and rule of law
The news of the alleged unauthorised access to databases of the judicial authorities by a law enforcement officer and the alleged making available of the results to newspapers has (re)produced yet another debate on the limits of (or to) investigative journalism in relation to press freedom by Andrea Monti – Initially pubished in Italian by Italian Tech. Continue reading “Free press, investigative journalism and rule of law”
Neuralink is the ante-chamber of technological discrimination
Public announcements about brain-computer interfaces and some developments in the field of genetics risk enhancing the discrimination between humans, if we do not take action, now by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Wired.it Continue reading “Neuralink is the ante-chamber of technological discrimination”