Digital empires : the global battle to regulate technology / Anu Bradford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradford, Anu, Author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and law--United State.

Technology and law.

Technology and law--China.

Technology and law--European Union countries.

Technological innovations--Law and legislation--United State.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Law and legislation--China.

Technological innovations--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Digital media--Law and legislation--United State.

Digital media.

Digital media--Law and legislation--China.

Digital media--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Digital media--Law and legislation.

Technological innovations--Law and legislation.

China.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

viii, 599 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023

Summary:

The global battle among the three dominant digital powers-the United States, China, and the European Union-is intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. In Digital Empires, her provocative follow-up to The Brussels Effect, Anu Bradford explores a rivalry that will shape the world in the decades to come.Across the globe, people dependent on digital technologies have become increasingly alarmed that their rapid adoption and transformation have ushered in an exceedingly concentrated economy where a few powerful companies control vast economic wealth and political power, undermine data privacy, and widen the gap between economic winners and losers. In response, world leaders are variously embracing the idea of reining in the most dominant tech companies. Bradford examines three competing regulatory approaches-the American market-driven model, the Chinese state-driven model, and the European rights-driven regulatory model-and discusses how governments and tech companies navigate the inevitable conflicts that arise when these regulatory approaches collide in the international domain. Which digital empire will prevail in the contest for global influence remains an open question, yet their contrasting strategies are increasingly clear.Digital societies are at an inflection point. In the midst of these unfolding regulatory battles, governments, tech companies, and digital citizens are making important choices that will shape the future ethos of the digital society. Digital Empires lays bare the choices we face as societies and individuals, explains the forces that shape those choices, and illuminates the immense stakes involved for everyone who uses digital technologies.

Contents:

The American market-driven regulatory model

The Chinese state-driven regulatory model

The European rights-driven regulatory model

Between freedom and control : navigating competing regulatory models

The battle for technological supremacy : the US-China tech war

When rights, markets, and security collide : the US-EU regulatory battles

The waning global influence of American techno-libertarianism

Exporting China's digital authoritarianism through infrastructure

Globalizing European digital rights through regulatory power.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (399-553) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Bradford, Anu. Digital empires

ISBN:

9780197649268

0197649262

OCLC:

1369512141