Tuesday 8 October 2024
07:45
Marietje Schaake
The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
Technology companies have crept into nearly every corner of our lives and our governments. To reverse this existential power imbalance, Marietje will outline game-changing solutions to empower elected officials and citizens alike. Democratic leaders can—and must—resist the influence of corporate lobbying and reinvent themselves as dynamic, flexible guardians of our digital world.
Marietje is international policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and international policy fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Between 2009 and 2019, she served as a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands. She writes a monthly column for the Financial Times on technology and governance.
“A must-read from a former European lawmaker turned Silicon Valley expert! Marietje Schaake pulls together the different strands that we now call Big Tech, from chips and satellites to addictive design and virality to, more importantly, how its business model —surveillance for profit—created the dystopia we are living in today. Marietje exposes the unchecked, corrosive power that is undermining democracy, human rights, and our global order."
International policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center
Marietje is international policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and international policy fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Between 2009 and 2019, she served as a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands. She writes a monthly column for the Financial Times on technology and governance.
