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Charles Mok | GDPi, Stanford | Tech for Good Asia | March 25 2022
Tech for Good?
A look at tech in the real world — the good, the bad, and the
uncertain
Tech is good, right?
Google

2000-2015: “Don’t be evil”

2015: “Do the right thing”?
2011: Arab Spring
Tech’s bad rap…inside
…and outside
Case #1: Artificial Intelligence and Data
• Policy concerns:

• Privacy issues, including facial recognition

• Algorithmic regulations

• Becoming social credit 

• Data sovereignty 

• Ethical issues e.g. warfare

• US-China competition

• China 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development 中华⼈⺠共
和国国⺠经济和社会发展第⼗四个五年规划和2035年远景⽬标纲要

• Final report of National Security Commission on AI 

• Ref: 2022 AI Index, Institute for Human-centered AI, Stanford 

University

• Industrialisation of AI and mounting ethical concerns

Case #2: Blockchain and decentralisation
• Blockchain

• Cryptocurrency

• NFT

• CBDC - central bank digital currency

• Ref: Digital Currencies: The US, China, And The World At A Crossroads, 

Hoover Institution

• DAO — decentralized autonomous organization

• What’s really Web3?

• Decentralized, or not really?

• What’s beyond the hype?
Case 3: Metaverse
• What is a metaverse?

• No, it’s not a multi-verse

• Social media + games + AR + VR + NFT -
regulations?

• Just another hype?

• Yes, China will regulate

• Internet Information Service Deep Synthesis
Management Provisions (Draft for Comment) –
Jan. 2022 (DigiChina translation)

互联⽹信息服务深度合成管理规定(征求意⻅
稿)
The Ukraine revelation
• Hackers and cyberwar

• Big tech exit Russia

• Meanwhile, TikTok, Hikvision…

• Remove .ru DNS?

• Clearview AI: Facial 

recognition of Russian 

soldiers
What will the future Internet be like?
• Post-COVID implications

• Social credit

• The Splinternet

• Surveillance and censorship

• A free, open, secure and trusted
Internet no more? Freedom on the Net 2021

https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2021/global-drive-control-big-tech


Charles Mok

Visiting Scholar, Global Digital Policy
Incubator, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford
University

Director, Tech for Good Asia

Twitter: @charlesmok 

Facebook: CharlesMokO
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HKU Tech for Good.pdf

  • 1. Charles Mok | GDPi, Stanford | Tech for Good Asia | March 25 2022 Tech for Good? A look at tech in the real world — the good, the bad, and the uncertain
  • 2. Tech is good, right? Google
 2000-2015: “Don’t be evil”
 2015: “Do the right thing”? 2011: Arab Spring
  • 5. Case #1: Artificial Intelligence and Data • Policy concerns: • Privacy issues, including facial recognition • Algorithmic regulations • Becoming social credit • Data sovereignty • Ethical issues e.g. warfare • US-China competition • China 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development 中华⼈⺠共 和国国⺠经济和社会发展第⼗四个五年规划和2035年远景⽬标纲要 • Final report of National Security Commission on AI • Ref: 2022 AI Index, Institute for Human-centered AI, Stanford 
 University • Industrialisation of AI and mounting ethical concerns

  • 6. Case #2: Blockchain and decentralisation • Blockchain • Cryptocurrency • NFT • CBDC - central bank digital currency • Ref: Digital Currencies: The US, China, And The World At A Crossroads, 
 Hoover Institution • DAO — decentralized autonomous organization • What’s really Web3? • Decentralized, or not really? • What’s beyond the hype?
  • 7. Case 3: Metaverse • What is a metaverse? • No, it’s not a multi-verse • Social media + games + AR + VR + NFT - regulations? • Just another hype? • Yes, China will regulate • Internet Information Service Deep Synthesis Management Provisions (Draft for Comment) – Jan. 2022 (DigiChina translation)
 互联⽹信息服务深度合成管理规定(征求意⻅ 稿)
  • 8. The Ukraine revelation • Hackers and cyberwar • Big tech exit Russia • Meanwhile, TikTok, Hikvision… • Remove .ru DNS? • Clearview AI: Facial 
 recognition of Russian 
 soldiers
  • 9. What will the future Internet be like? • Post-COVID implications • Social credit • The Splinternet • Surveillance and censorship • A free, open, secure and trusted Internet no more? Freedom on the Net 2021
 https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2021/global-drive-control-big-tech
  • 10. 
 Charles Mok Visiting Scholar, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University Director, Tech for Good Asia Twitter: @charlesmok 
 Facebook: CharlesMokO ffi ce
 LInkedIn: charlesmok