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Interview with taz: Moving Away from Google, Microsoft and WhatsApp
Julia Pohle gave a German interview to taz titled « Away from Google, Microsoft, and WhatsApp: ‘Those who switch now are doing so of their own accord.’ ». She warns that Europe is technologically, economically and politically dependent on US tech firms, which creates real risks such as pressure from the Trump administration, and argues that reducing…
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Digital Authoritarianism in the Making
This book, edited by Françoise Daucé (CERCEC-CNRS), Benjamin Loveluck(University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas) and Francesca Musiani (CIS-CNRS), is a revised and expanded English version of the book Genèse d’un autoritarisme numérique published in French (Presses des Mines, 2023). This book is available in open access. How did the authoritarian dynamic that is currently plaguing the Russian internet (Runet) come to dominate a digital space that…
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Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core
Book publication by ClaimSov member Francesca Musiani, with Fiona M. Alexander, Laura DeNardis and Nanette S. Levinson (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2025). Contentious geopolitical conflicts over digital technologies have arisen around a complex set of technical specifications at the Internet’s core. One of these is the Internet Protocol (IP), designed for addressing and routing information to its destination.…
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Between Kafka and Kung Fu: European vs Chinese Strategies for Sovereign AI
This re:publica talk in German, « Between Kafka and Kung Fu – European vs. Chinese strategies for sovereign AI » compares Europe’s approach to AI sovereignty with China’s state‑driven, scale‑oriented model. Presented by Marielle Düh together with Frederik Heinz, the session offers a critical analysis of the trade offs between political control and market innovation and what…
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Unthinking Digital Sovereignty
Special Issue « Unthinking Digital Sovereignty » in Policy & Internet The special issue, published in Policy & Internet in early 2025 and co-edited by Julia Pohle, Mauro Santaniello and Riccardo Nanni, features six articles that seek to “unthink” digital sovereignty by deconstructing and (re)conceiving it from different viewpoints. While some of the issue’s contributions provide much-needed…