Volume 9, Issue 4 3 Digital sovereignty Julia Pohle, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)Thorsten Thiel, Weizenbaum Institute PUBLISHED ON: 17 Dec 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1532 This essay analyses how the key concept of digital sovereignty has evolved into a discursive practice in digital policy worldwide. KEYWORDS: Digital sovereignty, Internet governance, Internet exceptionalism, Digital economy, State authority