Standards impact technology leadership, more so where they precede market launch. European values are therefore important for European technology in ICT markets.
Research articles on INFORMATION & DATA
This paper is part of Governing “European values” inside data flows, a special issue of Internet Policy Review guest-edited by Kristina Irion, Mira Burri, Ans Kolk, Stefania Milan. Introduction Governments’ interest in the “datafied society” (Hintz et al., 2018) as an object of policy and regulation is nothing new, with a long-held recognition that governance protocols (policies, ethics frameworks, and regulations) can be used to reshape the technological infrastructure underpinning society and hence its nature (Floridi, 2018; van Dijck & Poell, 2016). However, the widespread adoption of the term “sovereignty”—a concept loaded with legal and political connotations—to describe authority over …
The extraterritorial application of GDPR does not promote European values. Rather, it evokes wrong expectations about the universality of individual rights.
This paper process-traces how European policymakers have delegated regulatory responsibilities to private certification and monitoring bodies acting as regulatory intermediaries. It explores how regulators can constrain or incentivise self-regulation that exists in their shadow via intermediaries, instead of using direct modes of regulation.
This paper is part of Governing “European values” inside data flows, a special issue of Internet Policy Review guest-edited by Kristina Irion, Mira Burri, Ans Kolk, Stefania Milan. Introduction The entrenchment and establishment of particular rights has from the outset been part of the advancement of the European project and how the European Union (EU) has defined itself. References to ‘European values’ are often rooted in an understanding of this commitment to rights seen to uphold certain principles about democracy and the relationship between market, state and citizens. Although the notion that Europe is premised on a set of exceptional values is contentious, Foret and Calligaro argue …
This article assesses the bidirectional interaction between meso- and macro-level data governance frameworks.
This editorial introduces ten research articles, which form part of this special issue, exploring the governance of “European values” inside data flows.
The automation of the media has inserted new actors in the editorial process. This calls for a reassessment of the reasons why and ways in which policy can create the conditions for an independent media.
How have app stores governed the global app response to the coronavirus pandemic? An exploratory systematic mapping of COVID-19 pandemic response apps.
This research investigates EU member states’ preferences and coalitions in recent negotiations of the Council of the EU related to the digital single market.