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Europe offers a third way in the technological transformation

Author(s) -

Carme Colomina

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

notes internacionals cidob

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2013-4428

DOI - 10.24241/notesint.2021/263/en

Subject(s) - digital transformation , position (finance) , business , technological change , authoritarianism , corporate governance , vulnerability (computing) , process (computing) , political science , the internet , economic system , democracy , economics , computer security , computer science , law , finance , politics , macroeconomics , operating system , world wide web

The digital world is branching in two directions: techno-authoritarianism – as Chinese technology firms increase their presence in Europe; and a network of private US corporations deploying a business model that is also based on total surveillance. This slow-motion splintering of the internet has accelerated during the pandemic. From its position of vulnerability, the EU is emerging as a third way in the technological transformation, as it pledges to develop systemic rules for global digital governance. Brussels believes that this process of digital self-determination is essential to protect its model and the ethical principles of technological development.

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