DCMS Secretary of State Matt Hancock was in Davos this week, meeting world leaders, tech experts and other delegates at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
In interviews with the media, he set out the ways in which the UK government is making the most of technological developments, including reaffirming our commitment to being the place to develop artificial intelligence, while also addressing ethical issues.
Matt Hancock met Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Ken Hu, Chief Executive of Huawei, promoting the UK's tech sector, which is growing at twice the rate of the rest of the UK economy.
The Prime Minister outlined
the UK Digital Charter that sets
out our ambition to be the best
place in the world to start and
grow a digital business and the
safest place to be online.
Read the Prime Minister's speech at Davos in full.
"The internet is a powerful force for good with the potential to benefit everyone's lives. But there are clear challenges and we need to protect people from the potential harms.
"Our Digital Charter responds to this
challenge and through it we will agree
new standards for online behaviour."
DCMS Secretary of State Matt Hancock
The Government's Digital Charter aims to set new standards for years to come. Read our news story on GOV.UK to find out more.
The Digital Charter aims to boost our digital economy and follows other Government work where regulation done right unlocks growth and supports business.
During the visit Matt Hancock also spoke about reimagining policy-making for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
