When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.

It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/

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When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.

It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/

#tech #digitalsovereignty #politics #cdnpoli #cdntech

For decades, Canadians eagerly rushed onto US tech platforms and services. But now the drawbacks of that dependence are on full display.

For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the economic and political consequences of a US-dominated internet — and why digital sovereignty is imperative.

https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/every-data-centre-is-a-u-s-military-base/

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