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This book provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary digital data governance, highlighting the importance of cooperation across sectors and disciplines in

(Reproducing this from Fission Talk)

Below I will add in my condensed chapter notes. Each chapter is available as its own paper on the book website 1 if you want to just pick and choose. Many of these chapters were presented as papers at the Internet Governance Forum in 2022.

Here is the TOC for your reference:

  • Chad KohalykOPMEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Ch8: Trade Agreements and Cross-border Disinformation: Patchwork or Polycentric?

    • use of trade agreements to prevent disinformation
    • Researchers traditionally defined disinformation as the purposeful dissemination of information designed to mislead, deceive, harm, and/ or polarize people within a country or among countries. It is not the same as misinformation, which is generally understood as the inadvertent sharing of false information that is not intended to cause harm
      • Disinformation is a form of speech
    • When data crosses borders, disinformation is best addressed collectively, in a multinational and multi-sectoral manner.
      • the free flow of data, with certain exceptions, became the default for almost every trade agreement until recently.
      • Almost every trade agreement that covers e-commerce or digital trade includes language to govern spam
      • these agreements can help nations coordinate counterweights for cross-border disinformation flows including data protection rules, content moderation and competition policies.
      • policy makers also acknowledge that nations have other important policy objectives such as preserving public order, privacy, consumer welfare, or public morals. Hence, by using the exception as justification, a nation can restrict cross-border data flows.
    • problem with trade agreements:
      • they can’t address domestic disinformation.
      • can’t use trade agreements to directly regulate the business model that underpins the problem of disinformation
    • speculation: could be part of the polycentric patchwork