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SUMMARY: The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
DESCRIPTION: This book talk by Marietje Schaake will draw attention to the 
 pressing danger of the unrestrained influence of private tech companies.
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 2576" src="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02
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 ntre for Japanese Research</strong> the <strong>Centre for the Study of Dem
 ocratic Institutions</strong> for a book talk on <strong>"The Tech Coup: Ho
 w to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley"</strong>.</p><p>In this timely new
  work Marietje Schaake (Policy Fellow\, Stanford Institute for Human-Center
 ed AI) draws attention to a pressing danger: the unrestrained influence of 
 private tech companies. Beyond wielding vast economic clout\, these firms a
 re increasingly taking on roles once reserved for government—undermining th
 e democratic rule of law in the process. Whether it involves cybersecurity\
 , policing systems\, election infrastructure\, or military defense strategi
 es\, both established tech giants and emerging startups are exerting an out
 size impact on fundamental societal functions.</p><p><strong>About the Spea
 ker:</strong></p><p><strong>Marietje Schaake</strong> is a non-resident Fel
 low at both Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center and the Institute for Human-Cent
 ered AI. In addition to writing as a Financial Times columnist\, she partic
 ipates on multiple nonprofit boards and sits on the UN’s High-Level Advisor
 y Body on AI. From 2009 to 2019\, she served as a Member of the European Pa
 rliament\, concentrating on issues related to trade\, foreign policy\, and 
 technology.</p>
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