CyberBRICS

CyberBRICS

The CyberBRICS project has a triple aim: to map existing regulations; to identify good practices and develop policy suggestions in the areas of i) cybersecurity and personal data regulations; ii) connectivity and digital transformation; and iii) artificial intelligence governance and industrial policy in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).The project is hosted by the CTS-FGV, the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, Rio de Janeiro, and developed in partnership with the Higher School of Economics, Moscow; Jindal Global Law School and the Centre for Internet and Society, India; the Fudan University, Shanghai, and the Hong Kong University; and the Nelson Mandela University and Research ICT Africa, South Africa.

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  • Analysing the AI Sovereignty Debate through the Experience of BRICS Countries

    This paper examines the migration of the concept of digital sovereignty into the domain ofartificial intelligence (AI) within the evolving framework of the BRICS and their recent expansion.Based on previous research developed by the author, AI sovereignty is considered as theprerogative and capacity of sovereign statesto understand, develop and regulate AI systems, thusbeing able to…

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  • Webinar | AI Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries

    The webinar “AI Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries” was held on February 2, 2025 and, taking advantage of Brazil’s BRICS presidency, promoted a debate on strategies, policies and regulations adopted by the BRICS countries to assert Artificial Intelligence Sovereignty. The event was jointly organized by FGV Direito Rio’s Centre for Technology and Society (CTS) and…

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  • Webinar | Data Governance in the BRICS

    The Data Governance in the BRICS webinar was organized by FGV Direito Rio’s Centre for Technology and Society in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and aimed to provide an overview of the data governance architecture of the BRICS countries, with a special focus on the intersection between data and AI regulations. The…

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  • BRICS LEADERS’ STATEMENT ONTHE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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  • BRICS Data Economy Governance Understanding

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  • Call for Submissions for the Workshop on Digital Competition in the BRICS

    The BRICS Competition Law & Policy Centre and the Center for Technology and Society at FGV Direito Rio (CTS-FGV), is pleased to announce a Call for Submissions for a Workshop on Digital Competition in the BRICS, which will take place on November 27 and 28, 2025, at FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro. 

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  • When AI Meets Cybersecurity: Framing Brazil’s Information Security and AI Challenges

    Published in the “Digital Democracy in a Divided Global Landscape” “When AI Meets Cybersecurity: Framing Brazil’s Information Security and AI Challenges” in published in the “Digital Democracy in a Divided Global Landscape” from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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  • BRICS promotes webinar on data economy in the digital economy community on March 18

    On 18 March, the Brazilian ministries of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services (Desenvolvimento, Indústria, Comércio e Serviços/MDIC) and Foreign Affairs (Relações Exteriores/MRE) hosted the webinar “Leveraging Data Economy in the BRICS Digital Economy Community”. The event was broadcasted live in English on the MDIC YouTube channel. As part of Brasil’s 2025 BRICS Presidency, the online seminar…

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  • The Quest for AI Sovereignty, Transparency and Accountability

    This volume is the result of a participatory process developed by the Data and Artificial Intelligence Governance (DAIG) Coalition of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). An early version of this volume’s contribution was presented at the IGF 2023, in Kyoto, Japan, to receive feedback from the IGF participants.

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  • Webinar | Digital Public Infrastructure for Sovereign AI

    The event ‘Digital Public Infrastructure for Sovereign AI’ brings together experts from different fields to discuss the role of digital public infrastructures in strengthening the technological sovereignty of the BRICS countries in the development of Artificial Intelligence. With the participation of fellows from CTS-FGV’s CyberBRICS project and guest experts, the event will address how these…

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