Europe’s Digital Challenges

David Ramiro Troitiño is Senior Researcher at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, Director of the Jean Monnet Network on E-Governance and Digital Development ENDE, and holder of a Jean Monnet Chair on the Digital Development of the European Union.Ondrej Hamuľák is Senior Researcher and Lecturer in EU Law at Palacký University Olomouc, Head of CLAiR, Czech Republic, and Adjunct Professor in Digital Constitutionalism at TalTech Law School, Estonia.

“Encyclopedic in scope - a veritable handbook. An essential tool for anyone exploring the Governance of Digital Europe.”JHH Weiler, NYU School of Law, USA

• Introduction - Governing Europe’s digital transformation: Power, rights, and resilience in the digital age Part 1: Digital Democracy and Governance 1. Challenges in the era of digitalisation (2019-2025) 2. Europe in the digital age: Opportunities and risks 3. Digitalisation in the EU: On the crossroads to a sustainable or fragmented digital environment in EU member states 4. Democracy, digitalisation and the patterns of media trust in the European Union 5. Building resilience to disinformation through digital citizenship education 6. Digital political movements and the rise of algorithmic influence 7. Bright and dark sides of digital democracy Part 2: Human Rights and AI Ethics 8. The evolution of digital rights in EU law: A comparative analysis of the European declaration on digital rights and global frameworks 9. Algorithmic gender bias in AI: The EU’s response 10. On securitisation and the deployment of AI systems at European borders: An outline of current challenges 11. AI and migration challenges in the EU: An ethical analysis of the AI Act Part 3: Regulation, Big Tech, and Digital Markets 12. From digital sovereignty to European sovereignty: The “EU’s Sovereign Turn” 13. Regulating social media: The Digital Services Act and free speech 14. The digital economy and e-governance in the EU Part 4: Cybersecurity and Digital Sovereignty 15. Towards integrated EU regime for cybersecurity event reporting: Incidents, threats, near misses, and vulnerabilities 16. AI regulation at a crossroads: Beyond the false choice between innovation and regulation 17. The use of AI in judicial systems: Legal and ethical implications 18. Resilience and digital sovereignty in the European Union: The CIGET Framework as an integrated blueprint 19. Shaping Europe’s digital future: Governance, rights, and resilience beyond regulation 20. Subliminal AI in political speech: Defining harm to democratic discourse