The push for digital accountability

In ‘The Digital Republic’, Susskind argues for stronger accountability of tech giants and proposes a new democratic framework for the digital age.

The definition of power changes as per evolving undercurrents. The traditional properties and parameters linked to power are quickly losing their relevance, especially due to digital disruption. AI further reinforces it. AI and its investors have emerged as no less stormy petrels than eccentric politicos, penetrating every sphere of life and upending human norms and values. The information, once widely regarded as the ‘power’, is drowned out by the deluge of dis- and misinformation. It has left information consumers jittery, bewildered and unable to navigate digital platforms and nurture digital hygiene.