News and Research articles on Alibaba Group

Internet companies are conduits through which states can exercise their authority beyond their borders. As Chinese companies such as Huawei become more commercially dominant, they threaten the geopolitical power of the US.

KEYWORDS: Surveillance, Huawei, Geopolitics, State power

Datafication (the quantification of social life) is a colonial move which perpetuates a legacy of appropriation. But how to regulate this?

KEYWORDS: Data relations, Capitalism, Colonialism, Appropriation

Why did China’s Alibaba platform reform its enforcement practices in line with demands from the US government and US companies?

KEYWORDS: Internet governance, Intellectual property, Platforms, China, United States of America

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