Social media companies combat COVID-19 misinformation but urged to do more. Increased efforts needed to tackle the spread of false information.
Josephine Wolff explains how the United States can learn from other countries to track the pandemic while still protecting privacy.
Bhaskar Chakravorti is interviewed about the impacts of COVID-19 and the “infodemic” on the Massachusetts and national economies.
Will our internet be able to keep up with the demands of COVID-19? Josephine Wolff expands on this topic in The New York Times.
The African Leapfrog Index (ALI) is a novel framework that draws upon the primary levers that facilitate the translation of digital technologies into development and inclusive growth. The framework evaluates six African countries against a continent-wide “best-performance” benchmark to identify strengths to build upon and the opportunities to close gaps.
In this report, we offer a comprehensive framework that covers the essential societal outcomes and a set of benchmarks to measure the progress of any country on the journey towards a “smart society.” For countries aspiring to accelerate that journey, this report offers a dashboard that helps a country’s policymakers locate where the country currently is relative to the benchmarks and what its areas of strength and advantage are.
