Geopolitical privacy regime battles will shape data colonialism’s global trajectory.

Evidence

We should not forget, however, that the law was a site of extensive conflict over how industrial capitalism’s early excesses could be corrected (this conflict occurred as part of the double movement that Polanyi analyzed, discussed in chapter 4). And there is no doubt that geopolitical battles over competing regimes of privacy and regulation of data flow—for example, between the European Union, the United States, and China—could be a major factor in how data colonialism develops on a global scale over the next decade. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 557

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the Polanyi double-movement framework the authors introduced earlier; connects to debates over whether law can ever restrain capitalist expansion. — connects to: Resistance to data colonialism must confront global capitalism, not just platforms — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 650; Data colonialism is jointly driven by corporate and state power — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 162; Data colonialism is backed by both the US and China as a global order — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 573

Broader Connections

• Data colonialism is backed by both the US and China as a global order #corroborates (0.85) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 573
• Resistance to data colonialism must confront global capitalism, not just platforms #expands (0.80) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 650
• Data colonialism is jointly driven by corporate and state power #expands (0.72) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 162