The Governance of Digital Technology, Big Data, and the Internet: New Roles and Responsibilities for Business
探讨互联网治理中企业与政府的新角色,分析数据收集、隐私及权力问题,提出数字时代企业应承担更多伦理责任。
The importance of digital technologies for social and economic developments and a growing focus on data collection and privacy concerns have made the Internet a salient and visible issue in global politics. Recent developments have increased the awareness that the current approach of governments and business to the governance of the Internet and the adjacent technological spaces raises a host of ethical issues. The significance and challenges of the digital age have been further accentuated by a string of highly exposed cases of surveillance and a growing concern about issues of privacy and the power of this new industry. This special issue explores what some have referred to as the “Internet-industrial complex”—the intersections between business, states, and other actors in the shaping, development, and governance of the Internet.