Author: Chiara Dinarello

The global export of Chinese surveillance technologies through the lens of surveillance capitalism: China’s party-state model has instrumentalised commercial data-extraction logics to construct a scalable surveillance apparatus, exported through initiatives such as the Digital Silk Road.

This article investigates whether the EU AI Act can balance fundamental rights protection with economic competitiveness. While the Act strengthens a value-based approach to AI governance, its broad regulatory framework combined with considerable exceptions risk undermining both effectiveness and innovation. Ultimately, without stronger industrial support, the Act may weaken the EU’s international stance rather than…