SoLiXG:Digital Sovereignty
Digital Sovereignty
We understand digital sovereignty as a discursive tool, situated between previous conceptualisations of digital sphere and governance, such as data sovereignty and cyber sovereignty. The term refers both to a nation-state perspective of sovereignty and an individual and rights perspective. In European integration policy context, DS works as a catch-all term entailing the entire value-chain of the digital sphere, from cloud infrastructures to cables and data centres, to the production of minerals and semi-conductors, which entails regulations regarding data surveillance, data extraction and privacy, and strategic geopolitical positioning.
Anna: We could add here that in parts this term gets exchanged with strategic autonomy", digital strategic autonomy - at least in our documents and interviews. Lukas, please correct me if I am wrong.