Society and economy are undergoing a transformation from the analogue to the digital age. Digitisation creates many new opportunities. However, the development also bears numerous risks and dangers such as reduced personal freedom or the loss of jobs. Policymakers ought to assess what is happening and regulate the digital transformation well. It is essential, moreover, that everyone learns how to handle the new technologies.

This briefing has a bearing on all of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also relates to the SDG motto: Leave no one behind.

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