{"id":6180,"date":"2020-10-27T11:27:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/konnektiv.de\/?p=6180"},"modified":"2024-03-18T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:42:50","slug":"online-discussion-who-controls-the-data-perspectives-on-digital-sovereignty-from-the-global-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/konnektiv.de\/en\/event\/online-discussion-who-controls-the-data-perspectives-on-digital-sovereignty-from-the-global-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Online discussion: Who controls the data? Perspectives on digital sovereignty from the Global South"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date<\/strong>: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Time<\/strong>: 9:00 \u2013 10:00 a.m. EDT \/ 2:00 \u2013 3:00 p.m. CET<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Heinrich Boell Foundation Washington, DC <\/strong>and Konnektiv, Berlin<\/strong> hosted an online discussion on perspectives on digital sovereignty in the Global South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital technologies are instrumental for global exchange and connectivity \u2013 nothing illustrates this better than the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet there is fierce competition over who gets to reap the benefits of cross-border data flows. The United States and China are in a process of decoupling their digital spheres while the European Union is asserting its digital sovereignty by launching Gaia-X, the European cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries in the Global South often find themselves on the sidelines of global debates over digital governance. In this event, Geraldine de Bastion<\/a> introduced our new paper \u201cData and the Global South: Key Issues for Inclusive Digital Development\u201d<\/a>, which gives an overview of key issues for inclusive digital development. The panel discussed how societies in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America can access the data they produce and put them to good use \u2013 while avoiding exploitation or repression by domestic actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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