Crisis in Tech Policy & Diplomacy: Lines of Action
This short survey will give you an opportunity to see how your background and policy preferences fit into the agenda for this workshop. It may help you frame ideas for questions to follow up with the Social Cyber & Tech Academy. Your responses will lead to an assessment of which line of action in addressing the cirsis in technology policy and diplomacy is your strongest preference or perhaps unwanted positioning: democracy defender, impact assessor, overloaded regulator or diplomat, rigthts and safety advocate, or civil society strategist.
When you think about the “tech crisis”, which headline worries you most?
You’re given 10 minutes with a prime minister – what do you push for first?
Which situation feels most familiar in your current work or interests?
If you had to choose one lever to improve things in the next 3 years, what would it be?
Which kind of workshop would you join first, if it were free and on tomorrow?
Where do you feel the biggest current knowledge gap in your own toolkit?
Which group do you most want to influence in the next 12 months?
Democracy defender
Focused on Big Tech power over democratic discourse
Impact assessor
Focused on gaps in technology impact assessment and evidence
Overloaded regulator or diplomat
Focused on governance capacity and international coordination
Rights and Safety Advocate
Focused on hate speech, preventing violence and protecting vulnerable communities
Civil society strategist
Focused on citizen mobilisation and rights-based demands