Democracy Paradox Aynne Kokas on the Intersection Between Surveillance Capitalism and Chinese Sharp Power (or How Much Does the CCP Already Know About You?)
The US consumer system is uniquely exploitative. US consumers are exploited by American companies, by French companies, by German companies, by Chinese companies, because there aren't laws protecting consumer data privacy that extend widely across the US consumer ecosystem. The main difference with Chinese companies is that the Chinese government has established an entire framework that pressures Chinese firms to share their data with Chinese government regulators.
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Aynne Kokas is an associate professor of media studies and the C.K. Yen Chair at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. Her most recent book is Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty. Her article "How Beijing Runs the Show in Hollywood" was published in this April's issue of Journal of Democracy.
Key Highlights
- Introduction - 0:50
- Video Games as Social Media - 3:02
- Chinese Brands in the US Tech Market - 11:34
- Party Control of China's Tech Industry - 19:40
- America's Lack of Tech Regulations - 28:36
- The Big Picture - 37:03
Key Links
Learn more about Aynne Kokas
Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty by Aynne Kokas
"How Beijing Runs the Show in Hollywood" by Aynne Kokas in the Journal of Democracy
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