Is digital sovereignty normatively desirable?

The article explores what it means to speak of sovereignty in the context of data and digital spaces. As a conceptual basis, it distinguishes three aspects of sovereignty: sovereignty as absolute power, sovereignty as embodied power, and sovereignty as institutional power. It argues that, particularly in the European debate on digital sovereignty, two of these aspects—relating to the complex relationship between the sovereign and the addressees of sovereignty claims—are often insufficiently considered (pp. 1–14).

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