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Regulating Technology Companies: A Transatlantic Conversation

with Marina Kaljurand (@MarinaKaljurand )  Robert D. Atkinson (@RobAtkinsonITIF) and moderated by Bruce W. McConnell (@brucemcconnell) 

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@brucemcconnell gets the ball rolling. Big tent Qs of regulating technology, questions of innovation, consumer welfare, privacy and disinformation.
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@RobAtkinsonITIF: Tech is much bigger than social media platforms. Amazon's not really a social media platform, they're a retailer. Apple's not really a social media platform they are cell phone, entertainment and all that. So we have to be careful when we're talking about tech.

@RobAtkinsonITIF: People want to use anti trust to deal with privacy issues. Your privacy is not a tech issue !

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@MarinaKaljurand: I want Brussels to be much more quick, much more focused, much more digital, have a European digital ID and things like that.

@MarinaKaljurand: Even before the Corona crisis, EU was at the crossroads of defining its future and EU has been pretty big on its digital ambitions.

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@MarinaKaljurand : To be successful internationally, you have to cooperate and the natural partner is the United States. I hope we can find common pathways.

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@RobAtkinsonITIF : Historically, we have not regulated technology companies. We didn't regulate IBM...!
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@MarinaKaljurand: In the EU, I would argue that we still do not have a single market - not even digital - but regular single market, because we have 27 jurisdictions, we have 27 bureaucracies.

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@MarinaKaljurand: For for a couple of weeks, we were not able to introduce digital vaccination program because of privacy rules, but here I want to say, Come on! There is also common sense!

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@MarinaKaljurand: Sometimes I have the feeling that we forget that we are writing these (digital) laws and regulations for people. They have to be people centered.

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For me, the key question is trust. Very often, we do not trust government, but somehow we trust giving our data to smaller companies. Why I think my country has been so successful with digital services/ e services is exactly that - trust in Govt.
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@MarinaKaljurand: As long as there is trust, Governments can introduce services, and people use them, but we need educated people when we start talking about data collection, use of data, reuse of data. We need consumers who understand.
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@RobAtkinsonITIF: We need some sort of social guidance that we give them ( big tech platforms). Right now they're doing the best they can and they're gonna make somebody mad, no matter who it is.

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