Policy & Regulation
Digital policy, data sovereignty, tech regulation and government digitalization in Algeria and the region.
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Algeria’s Digital Identity Infrastructure: The National Biometric ID, e-Signature
The Foundation Layer: Why Digital Identity Matters for Algeria's Transformation Every ambitious digital transformation plan eventually hits the same wall: identity. You cannot digitize government services if you cannot verify who is requesting them.
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Digital Accessibility in Algeria: Why Government Websites Fail Screen Readers and What
The Invisible Exclusion Algeria's 1998 census recorded approximately 1.6 million persons with disabilities, a figure that was subsequently estimated at around 2 million. No comprehensive updated disability-specific data has been widely published since, creating a significant data gap.
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Consumer Rights in Algeria’s Digital Markets: Returns, Refunds, and the Protection Gap
A Consumer Protection Law Built for Brick and Mortar Algeria's primary consumer protection legislation -- Law 09-03 of February 25, 2009, relating to consumer protection and fraud repression -- was enacted when e-commerce in Algeria was virtually nonexistent. The law addresses
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Algeria’s Competition Law Comes to Digital Markets: What Platform Dominance Means for
Digital Markets Enter Algeria's Antitrust Framework Algeria's competition law framework, originally enacted through Ordinance No. 03-03 of July 19, 2003, and subsequently amended by Law No.
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Space Tech Regulation: How Satellite Internet, Debris
The New Space Race Is a Regulatory Vacuum SpaceX's Starlink constellation has grown to approximately 9,800 satellites in orbit as of early 2026, with roughly 7,000 operational, serving over 10 million customers across more than 110 countries and territories. In January 2026,
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Net Neutrality and the Splinternet: Is the Open Internet Fragmenting Beyond Repair?
The Internet Was Never Supposed to Have Borders The foundational design of the internet — packet switching, open protocols, end-to-end connectivity — assumed a single, interoperable global network. For approximately two decades, that assumption held.
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The Gig Economy Reckoning: How Global Labor Classification Laws Are Reshaping Platform
Hundreds of Millions of Workers, One Unresolved Question The scale of global platform work defies easy measurement. Survey-based methods estimate at least 154 million online gig workers worldwide, while broader World Bank models that capture occasional platform users put the
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The Environmental Regulation of Big Tech: Carbon Reporting, Scope 3 Emissions
The Inconvenient Numbers The tech industry has cultivated a green image — paperless offices, video calls replacing flights, efficient cloud computing replacing energy-hungry on-premises servers. The reality is more complicated, and getting worse.
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Digital Trade Agreements: The Invisible Rules Shaping How Data and Services Cross Borders
The Quiet Architecture of the Digital Economy The rules governing how data crosses borders are not being written by technologists or privacy advocates. They are being written by trade negotiators, embedded in agreements that most people never read, and they will determine
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The Taxation of Digital Giants: Digital Services Taxes, OECD Pillar One
The Problem: Where Value Is Created vs. Where Profits Are Booked The international corporate tax system was designed in the 1920s for an economy of factories, mines, and shipping routes.
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Civic Tech and Open Government: How Technology Is Transforming Citizen Participation in
The Promise of Technology-Enabled Democracy Civic technology -- tools and platforms that enable citizens to participate in governance, access public information, and hold institutions accountable -- has emerged as one of the most consequential applications of digital
