January 12, 2018
This is the cover/motivation letter to the application for the High Level Group on Fake News. It was successful. It tells a story why tackling fake news matters to me. In 1984 (yes, the year made famous by George Orwell) I was the editor of a micro-computing magazine in what was then socialist Yugoslavia. With… » read more
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Democracy, Fake News, ICT, InfoSociety, Innovation & Enterprise, Internet |
October 30, 2015
People argue. Some argue to prove that they are right. Others argue to make things right. For the time being, the argument about net neutrality is over. The Regulation does not go neutral all the way, but it would be wrong to claim that this was a defeat for net neutrality just for the sake… » read more
Posted by Žiga Turk
June 1, 2015
In the context of the Telecoms Single Market (TSM) package the European Council and the European Parliament are revisiting the issue of net neutrality. Net neutrality is a principle of internet traffic management that says that all internet traffic should be treated equally, regardless of the content, sender or receiver. As responsible minister I introduced… » read more
Posted by Žiga Turk
April 18, 2010
There is one lesson coming from Iceland these days. Massive deployment of internet based video conferencing and real time collaboration infrastructure in Brussels.
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communication revolutions, English, EU institutions, EU Priorities and Opinion, InfoSociety, Innovation and Growth, Internet |
December 9, 2009
We know it as a platform where:website or other on-line source (any web site or media store like iTunes),media (e.g. MP3),local software or client (e.g. Media Player) anddevice (PC, Mac, Phone, Flash Drive, Netbook …)are not coupled with each other. …
Posted by Žiga Turk
June 18, 2008
I am still in Seoul where we have just adopted the Seoul declaration. Here are some notes from my intervention on the plenary before the signing:First I’d like to join all who congratulated the organizers, the government of Korea and the OECD for such …
Posted by Žiga Turk
Žiga Turk, professor, former minister and secretary general of the Reflection Group writes about the future of growth, innovation, technology, sustainable development, creativity, Slovenia, etc.
