David Souter - ictDA

Consultant and researcher on development, governance, rights, ICTs and the Internet. Based in London. Personal and cultural tweets as @DavidNSouter

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is on the UN's latest report on artificial intelligence, opportunities, risks and regulation. https://t.co/rgVLvwKRjx

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is about the UN Summit of the Future which is being held this weekend in New York. https://t.co/8nztmcDSTH

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

It is the most preposterous, narcissitic nonsense, using pompous language and pretend scholarship to disguise extraordinary ignorance about Britain, British society, British culture, British politics and British life.

[Toby Young @toadmeister]

Read this ‘state of the nation’ essay by Joshua Trevino, an American intellectual who recently visited the UK. It's a love letter to the people and history of England and an indictment of our rulers, who hate them both. https://t.co/g6qVChqLae

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My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC discusses UNCTAD's latest Digital Economy Report - on the environmental impact of the digital economy and what should be done about it. https://t.co/IW3oEqREqW

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is about the problems caused by faulty IT systems, the harm that they can do and the lessons to be learnt. Lessons from a British scandal at https://t.co/tT7xb9G5uo

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My final Inside the Digital Society blog for APC of 2023 is on digitalisation and democracy - which will be a bigger issue during 2024. https://t.co/wWVy6uqOOV

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is about hopes and fears on artificial intelligence. https://t.co/RWysEMl1L6

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is about the coming twenty-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society. It's the text of my recent keynote speech to the UN's Commission on Science and Technology for Development. https://t.co/d9zhVJK48r

[Youth IGF: youth voice on digital world + 35ctry @globalyouthigf]

#IGF2023: Digital policies that aren't environmentally sustainable won't be sustainable in any other terms either.Need: an inclusive & sustainable environment policy. To consider: direct &indirect impacts from digital use. @DSouter_ictDA #youthigf #globalyouthigf #YouthigfInforms

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is on digitalisation and environmental sustainability. You can find it at https://t.co/QIiJHtRyMO

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC suggests some principles for thinking about the future of digital governance: https://t.co/nQGn33sKP7

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is about the strange case of contemporary Twitter: does it still matter?; if so, why? https://t.co/vJn55MYx6h

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

Sad to read of the death of Alan Phillips: committed defender of human rights, refugees and oppressed minorities, who played a big part in my early adult years when we both worked with World University Service (UK) (he as director, me vice-chair). https://t.co/9jFkkK8akD

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is on innovation, artificial intelligence, regulation/governance and the common good: https://t.co/lNhfVnhYvS

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is on the implications of the latest wave of AI innovations for the future and for public policy: https://t.co/k4kkou6TcR

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC looks at UNESCO's important conference (last week) on platform regulation and its implications. https://t.co/pJaTttXXQk

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

Checking both personal timeline and this, I find Twitter's 'For You' algorithm sending me many unsolicited tweets from far right sources because, it says, they are followed by people I follow. Yet I see nothing from others they follow coming my way. Explanation, @elonmusk ?

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC argues that digital inclusion requires analogue inclusion: https://t.co/RV493Pspeg

[David Souter - ictDA @DSouter_ictDA]

This is brilliantly put. The voice of small businesses that depend on internet, like Carl's, is almost never heard at international conferences on the internet or in the decision-making spaces that govern it - even those that claim they're multistakeholder. @CarlBovisNature

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

An open letter to @elonmusk