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Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty

On Tech Won’t Save Us, Cecilia Rikap warns against overdependence on US tech companies.

Paris Marx

August 21, 2025

Donald Trump speaks during the “Winning the AI Race” summit on July 23, 2025, in Washington, DC.(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

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Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty | Tech Won’t Save Us
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Paris Marx is joined by Cecilia Rikap to discuss how countries’ dependence on US tech companies is harming them and why they need to get serious about digital sovereignty.

Cecilia Rikap is Associate Professor in Economics at University College London and Head of Research at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.

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Paris Marx is joined by Cecilia Rikap to discuss how countries’ dependence on US tech companies is harming them and why they need to get serious about digital sovereignty.

Cecilia Rikap is an associate professor in economics at University College London and head of research at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.

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Brian Merchant is the author of The One Device and Blood in the Machine and writes a newsletter of the same name.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.


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