Consultant and researcher on development, governance, rights, ICTs and the Internet. Based in London. Personal and cultural tweets as @DavidNSouter
Joined September 2012
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3 Oct 2024
My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is on the UN's latest report on artificial intelligence, opportunities, risks and regulation. apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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20 Sep 2024
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. apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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16 Aug 2024
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.
15 Aug 2024
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. dailysceptic.org/2024/08/15/…
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16 Aug 2024
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. apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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18 Feb 2024
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 apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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15 Dec 2023
My final Inside the Digital Society blog for APC of 2023 is on digitalisation and democracy - which will be a bigger issue during 2024. apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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4 Dec 2023
My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is about hopes and fears on artificial intelligence. apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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22 Nov 2023
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. apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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David Souter - ictDA retweeted
#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
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23 Oct 2023
My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is on digitalisation and environmental sustainability. You can find it at apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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21 Jul 2023
My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC suggests some principles for thinking about the future of digital governance: apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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28 Jun 2023
My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is about the strange case of contemporary Twitter: does it still matter?; if so, why? apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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15 Jun 2023
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). theguardian.com/world/2023/m…
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8 Jun 2023
My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC is on innovation, artificial intelligence, regulation/governance and the common good: apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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9 Apr 2023
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: apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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3 Mar 2023
My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC looks at UNESCO's important conference (last week) on platform regulation and its implications. apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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16 Feb 2023
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 ?
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7 Feb 2023
My latest Inside the Digital Society blog for APC argues that digital inclusion requires analogue inclusion: apc.org/en/blog/inside-digit…
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19 Dec 2022
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
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