The Geopolitics of Data
summary
The talk examines geopolitical issues around data, arguing that computer systems impose rigid schemas on reality (e.g., character encoding breaking street names), that converting people into records enables mass mistreatment, and that EU law increasingly treats personal data as equivalent to the person. It reviews legal developments from Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield to the Schrems II ruling, highlights legal risks of transferring data to the US, and predicts regulatory pressure to favor EU services and build a sovereign technology stack.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Geopolitics of data
- 1:48Computer as inevitable fate
- 4:16Files as potential abuse
- 6:21Personal data embodies person
- 8:11Geopolitics as power relation
- 10:20Personal data as geopolitical issue
- 12:46EU vs US data law
- 14:11French computing underestimated
- 15:56Europe as data protector
- 17:17Conclusion
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