how China is winning the battle for digital sovereignty Kokas, Aynne 1979- creator author. text bibliography Print books. nyu ©2023 2023 monographic eng

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xx, 335 pages ; 24 cm "Trafficking Data argues that the movement of human data across borders for political and financial gain is disenfranchising consumers, eroding national autonomy, and destabilizing sovereignty. Focusing on the United States and China, it traces how US government leadership failures, Silicon Valley's disruption fetish, and Wall Street's addiction to growth have yielded an unprecedented opportunity for Chinese firms to gather data in the United States and quietly send it back to China, and by extension, the Chinese government. Such "data trafficking," as the book names this insidious phenomenon, is enabled by the competing governance models of the world's two largest economies: mass government data aggregation in China and impenetrable corporate data management policies in the United States. China is stepping up its data trafficking efforts through national regulations, soft power persuasion, and tech investment, extending the scope of state control over domestic and international data and tech infrastructure, and thereby expanding its global influence. The United States, by contrast, is retreating from participation in foreign alliances, international organizations, and the systemic regulation of the tech industry-practices with the potential to counter data trafficking. Confronting data trafficking as the defining international competition of the twenty-first century, this book ultimately advocates for an alternative future of data stabilization. To stem data trafficking and stabilize data flows, it shows, policymakers can synthesize tools from across the private sector, public sector, multi-national organizations, and consumers to protect users, secure national sovereignty, and establish valuable international standards"-- Aynne Kokas. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-cc--- n-us--- Data mining China Data sovereignty United States Data privacy Business intelligence China Personal information management Political aspects China Disclosure of information United States Data trafficking. HD30.3815 .K65 2023 Kokas, Aynne, 1979- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023 (DLC) 2022024272 9780197620502 2022024271 au 220609 20231128081516.0 22643843 eng