A 'data realm' for the Global South? Evidence from Indonesia.

This article examines the international and domestic pressures that shape the governance of personal data in the Global South. As developing countries become new terrain for the expansion of US Big Tech and develop their own digital economies, international policy discourses urge the adoption of dat...

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Publicado en:Third World Quarterly Vol. 42; no. 7; pp. 1417 - 1436
Autor principal: Hicks, Jacqueline
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2021
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