The Big Tech versus the Nation-States Clash of Economic Interests and Struggle to Compete on a Global Scale /
The growth of the internet and technology has been nothing short of exponential. Latest developments in computer and telecommunication technologies, as well as emergencies such as COVID-19, are hastening the adoption of such technologies into every part of our lives. Currently, internet technologies...
Elmentve itt :
| Szerző: | |
|---|---|
| Dokumentumtípus: | Könyv része |
| Megjelent: |
Eurasian Conferences on Language & Social sciences
Antalya
2022
|
| Sorozat: | Proceedings Book
|
| Tárgyszavak: | |
| mtmt: | 33594183 |
| Online Access: | http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/26368 |
| Tartalmi kivonat: | The growth of the internet and technology has been nothing short of exponential. Latest developments in computer and telecommunication technologies, as well as emergencies such as COVID-19, are hastening the adoption of such technologies into every part of our lives. Currently, internet technologies are an essential part of daily life, which are expected to remain open and free for everyone to connect and exchange information freely and fairly on a global scale. Since its beginnings, the internet has been designed as an open platform that is not governed by a single entity, resulting in numerous parties and a wide range of interests among those parties. This landscape, however, is not the same as it was three or two decades ago. Currently, Big Tech companies play increasingly dominant roles in the development and evolution of internet technologies, making them influential on the rules of the game on a global scale. By definition, big, powerful private corporations are expected to pursue their interests, which may differ significantly from those of other parties. Governments, on the other hand, may have divergent interests in areas such as finance, taxation, market competitiveness, use of personal data, data protection, information security, intellectual property, cybersecurity, state espionage, copyright, free speech, censorship, and many others. Nevertheless, the current market power of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple is greater than the annual GDP of some small or medium-sized countries, particularly underdeveloped or developing countries. From a theoretical perspective, this global transcendence of influence and economic power is putting great pressure on the state and its self-centric viewpoint conveyed through the realism theory. There are also great powers with strong cyber capacities whose legacy reigns supreme in the information technology sector. As a result, in globally open cyberspace, there are clear power disparities between various involved parties. This study will investigate the friction points caused by the disparate parties' differing interests and determine whether some of these disparities can ever be reconciled or reduced. One of the main goals of the study is to determine the viability of developing potential solutions to those problems. Qualitative research and case studies will be utilized in the conduct of this study. |
|---|---|
| Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők: | 36-55 |