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Book SynopsisWho, if anyone, should regulate the internet? Governments around the world have answered this question robustly: they will. Data sovereignty-the exercise of control over the internet-is the ambition of world leaders as a natural extension of traditional sovereignty and as a bulwark against the reach of foreign power. The question posed to governments now is not who should regulate the internet, but how should it be done. Data Sovereignty: From the Digital Silk Road to the Return of the State focuses on the question of territorial control over data flows and attempts by national and regional governments to place limits on the free movement of data across a global internet. Drawing on theories in political economy, international law, human rights, and data protection, this volume offers new theoretical perspectives and thought-provoking ideas about the nature and scope of data sovereignty. It examines the extent to which new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and au
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Sovereignty 2.0 Part I: Retheorizing Digital Sovereignty Chapter 1: Two Visions for Data Governance: Territorial vs. Functional Sovereignty Chapter 2: A Starting Point for Re-thinking 'Sovereignty' for the Online Environment Chapter 3: Digital Sovereignty as Double-Edged Sword Chapter 4: From Data Subjects to Data Sovereigns: Addressing the Limits of Data Privacy in the Digital Era Part II: Technology and Economic Institutions Chapter 5: Digital Sovereignty + Artificial Intelligence Chapter 6: Taobao, Federalism, and the Emergence of Law, Chinese Style Chapter 7: Levelling the Playing Field between Sharing Platforms and Industry Incumbents: Good Regulatory Practices? Chapter 8: The Emergence of Financial Data Governance and the Challenge of Financial Data Sovereignty Part III: Trade Regulation Chapter 9: Data Sovereignty and Trade Agreements: Three Digital Kingdoms Chapter 10: Data Governance and Digital Trade in India: Losing Sight of the Forest for the Trees? Chapter 11: Creating Data Flow Rules through Preferential Trade Agreements Part IV: Data Localization Chapter 12: Personal Data Localisation and Sovereignty Along Asia's New Silk Roads Chapter 13: Building Human Rights Framework on Data Localization: Lessons from Internet Shutdown Jurisprudence Chapter 14: European Digital Sovereignty, Data Protection and the Push Towards Data Localisation
