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Government: Trends Report 2023, Quantumrun Foresight

Technological advancements are not restricted to the private sector, and governments worldwide are also adopting various innovations and systems to improve and streamline governance. Meanwhile, antitrust legislation has seen a marked increase over the last few years as many governments amended and increased tech industry regulations to level the playing field for smaller and more traditional companies. 

Misinformation campaigns and public surveillance have also been on the rise, and governments around the globe as well as non-governmental bodies, are taking steps to regulate and eliminate these threats to protect citizens. This report section will consider some of the technologies adopted by governments, ethical governance considerations, and antitrust trends that Quantumrun Foresight is focusing on in 2023.

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Technological advancements are not restricted to the private sector, and governments worldwide are also adopting various innovations and systems to improve and streamline governance. Meanwhile, antitrust legislation has seen a marked increase over the last few years as many governments amended and increased tech industry regulations to level the playing field for smaller and more traditional companies. 

Misinformation campaigns and public surveillance have also been on the rise, and governments around the globe as well as non-governmental bodies, are taking steps to regulate and eliminate these threats to protect citizens. This report section will consider some of the technologies adopted by governments, ethical governance considerations, and antitrust trends that Quantumrun Foresight is focusing on in 2023.

Click here to explore more category insights from Quantumrun Foresight’s 2023 Trends Report.

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Last updated: 11 June 2023

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Ambient intelligence: The blurring line between privacy and convenience
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Global policy on obesity: An international commitment to shrinking waistlines
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Retrofitting old homes: Making the housing stock eco-friendly
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Offensive government cyberattacks: US amplifies offensive cyber operations
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Trans healthcare equity: Trans people forgo healthcare due to traumatic experiences
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Data tax: Regulating how the technology industry profits off the data of others
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Europe AI regulation: An attempt to keep AI humane
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Climate change and public health: Changing weather poses a risk to people’s health worldwide
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Artificial Intelligence liability insurance: Who should be responsible when AI fails?
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AI-assisted invention: Should artificial intelligence systems be given intellectual property rights?
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Digital identity programs: The race to national digitization
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Accelerating government digitalization: Governments are taking accessibility seriously
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Government requests for backdoor access: Should federal agencies have access to private data?
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Facial recognition ban: People are tired of having their faces scanned
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Restricted Internet: When the threat of disconnection becomes a weapon
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Medical dis/misinformation: How do we prevent an infodemic?
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Product-as-a-Service Tax: A hybrid business model that is a tax headache
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Government propaganda growth: The rise of state-sponsored virtual brainwashing
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Global governments are using social media manipulation to advance their ideologies, employing social media bots and troll farms.
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Cloud tech and taxes: Outsourcing complex tax processes to the cloud
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China’s tech crackdown: Tightening the leash on the tech industry
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Algorithmic warfighting: Are killer robots the new face of modern warfare?
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Big Tech and the military: The ethical gray zone
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Multinational anticorruption taxation: Catching financial crimes as they happen
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