What is Digital Sovereignty?

Dr Rachel Gong, Deputy Director of Research, Khazanah Research Institute

13-Oct-25 18:00

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What is digital sovereignty, and why are so many countries fighting to reclaim it?

We dive into that question with Dr Rachel Gong, Deputy Director of Research, Khazanah Research Institute. We’ll be looking at how Malaysia and other nations are exploring digital sovereignty, and how these efforts to protect data and critical technologies within national borders could affect the way we use the Internet.

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Dashran Yohan

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Categories: technology, Law/Activism, international

Tags: digital sovereignty, critical technology, data, internet,

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