AI Governance

The Global Digital Compact Has the Right Vocabulary. It Still Needs Teeth.

Principles are easier to sign than to enforce. The next stage must be institutional.

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Policy Critique8 min readDraft

Global digital governance documents often get the vocabulary right: rights, inclusion, safety, accountability, cooperation. The harder question is what happens after the vocabulary is agreed.

Principles need institutions that can measure, compare, enforce, and learn. Without that layer, global commitments can become a polished record of shared concern rather than a structure for change.

The next stage of digital governance has to move from language to operating capacity.

Principles are easier to sign than to enforce.
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