Full Description
This book addresses the challenges of datafication through the lens of international economic law. We are undergoing a wave of datafication practices. If such practices simply continue to evolve without being examined and repaired along the existing path of development, the same issues will continue to accumulate and will more than likely be amplified. The unprecedented economic and social influence of big tech has served as the catalyst for the concept of 'digital sovereignty,' which is rooted in the need to safeguard regulatory autonomy in a datafied world. The current wave of data-driven innovations has placed the policy debates on digital trade and data governance into an even more challenging context. The book - whose chapters are connected by the many facets of 'data' - systematically explains how international economic law can reduce the perils of datafication instead of enhancing them. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
Contents
Introduction; Part I. Enabling Datafication; Broadband Infrastructure: 1. Data network as enabler: digital inclusion and trade policy; 2. Data network as critical infrastructure: national security and the digital economy; Part II. Driving Datafication; Digital Platform: 3. Data-driven platform as service: classification, market access, and digital sovereignty; 4. Data as speech and expression: trade aspects of media content regulation; 5. Data as capital and algorithmic input: competition, transparency, and trade rules; Part III. Datafication And Data Flows: 6. Data flows as digital trade: privacy and cybersecurity governance in a datafied world; Conclusion; References; Index.
