BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aaab872db4ed61328725ecd62a668173 CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations CREATED:20210123T161704 SUMMARY:IEEE TEMS: Digital Superpowers and Geopolitics (Digital Humanism Series) LOCATION:virtual: see https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/258559 DESCRIPTION:
The IEEE Technology and Engineering Manage ment Society, Chapter Central Europe invites you in collaboration with DIGH UM to the Digital Humanism event:
“Digital Superpowers and Geopolitics”
Panelists: June Lowery-Kingston (European Commission), Jan-Hendrik Passoth
(ENS / Viadrina, Germany), Michael Veale (University College London, UK)
Mod
erator: Ja
mes Larus (EPFL, Switzerland)
In Cyberspace, the modern “colonial
powers” are not nations but multinational companies, mostly American but w
ith strong competition emerging in China. These companies control the digit
al platforms central to most peoples’ social networks, communications, ente
rtainment, and commerce and, through them, have collected and continue to c
ollect limitless information about our friends, colleagues, preferences, op
inions, and secrets. With the knowledge obtained by processing this informa
tion/data, these companies have built some of the world’s more profitable b
usinesses, turning little pieces of information given to them by uninformed
users in return for “free services”, into extremely valuable, targeted adv
ertising. These companies, moreover, endeavor to operate in the space betwe
en countries, with very limited responsibility/ accountability to governmen
ts. At the same time, governments such as in China and the US have laws req
uiring such companies to divulge data obtained from their customers anywher
e in the world. Does this pose a threat to national or European sovereignty
?
This panel will endeavor to appraise the current situation, assess t
he potential impact of actions already initiated as well as explore new one
s.
Participation is free of charge. No registration required.
S ee also: https://dighum.ec.tuwien .ac.at/
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