Effectively fighting cybercrime and ensuring the protection of privacy become critical in guaranteeing the trust of individuals in a digital environment where the number and complexity of cyber-threats are continuously growing. Currently, the EU is facing certain challenges in achieving a...

Broadband refers to internet connections capable of delivering information at fast speeds, using a variety of different wireline or wireless technologies. Fast access is important to the development of a digital economy in the European Union: economists believe that broadband deployment...

Over recent years, there have been increasing opportunities for inhabitants of low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to use information and communication technologies (ICT). ICT can potentially help LMICs tackle a wide range of health, social and economic problems. By improving access to...

The main objective of part two of this study is to provide the European Parliament with policy options, based on technology foresight, with regard to the protection of the European Information Society against mass surveillance from a perspective of technology and organisational foresight. Four...

This document contains the Annex to the Study on Mass Surveillance, commissioned by the STOA Office of the European Parliament. This Annex contains detailed information on the four subthemes defined in the invitation to tender. The motivation for providing this Annex separate to the Study is to...

Over recent years, there have been increasing opportunities for inhabitants of low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to use information and communication technologies (ICT). ICT can potentially help LMICs tackle a wide range of health, social and economic problems. By improving access to...

The main objective of part two of this study is to provide the European Parliament with policy options, based on technology foresight, with regard to the protection of the European Information Society against mass surveillance from a perspective of technology and organisational foresight. Four...