Daniela Stockmann

Join Daniela Stockmann, a professor of digital governance, and Ting Luo, an AI and government expert, as they delve into their new book, Governing Digital China. They challenge the simplistic view of Chinese digital governance, introducing the concept of 'popular corporatism'—where citizens, tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba, and the state influence each other. Discover how user preferences can push platforms for more privacy and less censorship, and explore the balance between economic growth and political control in China’s evolving landscape.

Ting Luo, Associate Professor in Government and AI at the University of Birmingham, and Daniela Stockmann, Director of the Centre for Digital Governance at the Hertie School, discuss China's 'popular corporatism'. They unpack platform–state–citizen ties, social media governance, commercial versus political credit systems, limits on data linkage, and how competition and user participation shape digital control.

Ting Luo, associate professor of government and AI who studies digital governance, and Daniela Stockmann, professor of digital governance focused on platforms and state power, discuss how states, major platforms, and ordinary users interact in China. They introduce "popular corporatism," explain platform leverage over censorship, survey methods like GPS sampling, the social credit system's two subsystems, and why lurkers matter.

Ting Luo, an expert in platform governance and AI policy, and Daniela Stockmann, a professor of digital governance, explore China's distinctive digital control model. They discuss popular corporatism, how major platforms partner with the state, the split between commercial and political social credit, data-sharing limits, and how competition and procurement shape governance.

Ting Luo, an AI and government scholar, and Daniela Stockmann, a digital governance expert, discuss China's unique model of popular corporatism. They explore how big platforms act as state insiders, the role of commercial social credit, user-driven data dynamics, competition between firms, and how this model shapes AI governance and regulatory proposals.