Exploring power, digital technology and global politics through a study of disputes between the United Kingdom and technology companies

通过研究英国与科技公司之间的纠纷来探索权力、数字技术和全球政治

• 批准号: 2253308
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2253308
• 关键词: Exploring; power; digital; technology; global

Recent events such as the decision to remove news items from Facebook in Australia or the suspension of President Trump's accounts from various social media networks have highlighted how the role of technology companies in society is increasingly contested on the basis of power. This concern over power is reflected in the increasing numbers of regulatory investigations and actions by actors like the Competition and Markets Authority and the Federal Trade Commission. However, the power of technology companies is also observed in non-economic fields as technology companies impact freedom of expression and other digital rights, digital accessibility and countless other areas.International Relations (IR) has so far neglected a thorough conceptualisation of technology companies' influence and authority in global politics. To challenge this omission, I adopt a social construction of technology (SCOT) approach to theorize the power of technology companies as international actors and digital technologies as institutions. I study three disputes around digital technology between the United Kingdom and technology companies to examine the relationship between technology companies and state power.

最近发生的事件，如决定从澳大利亚的Facebook上删除新闻项目或暂停特朗普总统在各种社交媒体网络上的帐户，都突显了科技公司在社会中的角色如何在权力的基础上越来越受到争议。竞争和市场管理局和联邦贸易委员会等行为者越来越多地进行监管调查和采取行动，反映了这种对权力的关注。然而，科技公司的影响力也体现在非经济领域，因为科技公司影响着表达自由和其他数字权利、数字可访问性以及无数其他领域。国际关系（IR）迄今为止忽略了对科技公司在全球政治中的影响力和权威性进行彻底的概念化。为了挑战这一遗漏，我采用了技术的社会建构（SCOT）方法来理论化技术公司作为国际参与者和数字技术作为机构的力量。我研究了英国与科技公司之间围绕数字技术的三场纠纷，以考察科技公司与国家权力之间的关系。