China's Model of Digital Sovereignty

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I think there is, right now this trajectory of going towards more of the slinter net. The other aspect considers that china is trying to push for this model of digital sovereignty among other countries. They want to be able to export ther their tools for control and censorship to other places. This is obviously not not any better than, in fact, probably worse than sert of the previous order,. where wou had just complete monopolization from the west. Ithink both ae horrible models. But with these competing ideologies, i'm concerned that there isn't much space for a third option - which would be sort of a global internet."

Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss the internet’s connection with neoliberalism, China’s protectionist measures to develop its own tech industry, and how the new tensions between the United States and China are leading Silicon Valley to embrace nationalism.

JS Tan is a former tech worker and writer. He also started Collective Actions in Tech. He recently wrote articles about the tech angle on the Cold War for Foreign Policy and Trump’s attempted TikTok ban for Jacobin. Follow JS on Twitter as @organizejs.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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Also mentioned in this episode:

The solidarity between tech workers in the United States and China
Key insights into tech worker activism from the Collective Actions in Tech database
Mark Zuckerberg’s speech at Georgetown University
Peter Thiel’s tech nationalism op-ed in the New York Times
Eric Schmidt’s tech nationalism op-ed in the New York Times

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