Firm Discourses and Digital Infrastructure Projects

O’Neil, Mathieu; Muselli, Laure; Zacchiroli, Stefano; Cai, Xiaolan; Pailler, Frederic

doi:10.5210/spir.v2020i0.11296

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“…Tech giants will argue against antitrust law-making that they are big because they are more efficient. And they may be right since most of the digital services engender natural monopolies and there are serious doubts on whether federated solutions that promote a less asymmetric digital economy will be able to overcome network effects and the quasi-infinite content available on platforms like Google's YouTube or Facebook (O'Neil et al, 2021). Seen from this perspective, there is a need for imagination and boldness when looking for alternatives to governance through either private (but heavily regulated) or public monopolies.…”

Section: Antitrust and Natural Monopoliesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Alternative Futures and What is to Be Done

Rikap

Lundvall

2021

The Digital Innovation Race

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In this final chapter, we introduce alternative scenarios concerning tech giants, the US and Chinese states, data governance and innovation under the current governance regime. On this basis, we advance policy recommendations and calls for activism aiming at a less polarized future where technology is guided toward collectively solving societal, ecological and health challenges. We elaborate on why there is a need for new forms of governance that take into account the growing importance of global digital public goods as well as the need for new forms of public access to science and technology. We end by applying a global perspective pointing to major dilemmas between what can be done under existing governance regimes and what should be done in the long term.

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Section: Antitrust and Natural Monopoliesmentioning

confidence: 99%