Every government in the world claims power to compel disclosure of corporate-held data

Evidence

Cate and Dempsey note the “expansive aggregation” of personal data in the hands of private companies: “Governments understandably want access to this data.… Essentially every government in the world claims the power to compel disclosure of this data by the companies that hold it.” Had it not been for surveillance exceptionalism, it is possible that these data would not even exist, at least not in their current volume and detail. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 383

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Freedom of Information reading on power asymmetries over information access; illustrates the ‘access’ dynamic inverted toward state surveillance. — connects to: States now depend on corporate data knowledge about their own citizens. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 88; Data colonialism is jointly driven by corporate and state power — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 162; Government-tech company surveillance collaboration is a global feature, not a Chinese anomaly — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 212 (+2 more)
• QUESTION: What exactly is ‘surveillance exceptionalism’ beyond this passing mention? This is a defining concept invoked without full definition here.

Broader Connections

• Data colonialism is jointly driven by corporate and state power #expands (0.82) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 162
• Government-tech company surveillance collaboration is a global feature, not a Chinese anomaly #expands (0.80) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 212
• State surveillance depends on corporate data collection #corroborates (0.78) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 40
• Data colonialism is backed by both the US and China as a global order #corroborates (0.75) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 573