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Willingness to pay for broadband: A case study of Wisconsin 宽带付费意愿：威斯康星州案例研究

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102873

Mckenzie Boyce

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Why do users perceive digital platforms as indispensable to their lives?: A study on KakaoTalk in Korea 为什么用户认为数字平台对其生活不可或缺？韩国 KakaoTalk 研究

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102863

Jaeyoung Park, Seongcheol Kim

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Promoting the adoption of digital technology: Strategic policy insights from a network effects model 促进数字技术的采用：从网络效应模型看战略政策

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102852

Khuong Vu , Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman , Erik Bohlin

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Assessing the substitutability of mobile and fixed internet: The impact of 5G services on consumer valuation and price elasticity 评估移动和固定互联网的可替代性：5G 服务对消费者估值和价格弹性的影响

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102869

Mikołaj Czajkowski , Wojciech Zawadzki , Grzegorz Bernatek , Maciej Sobolewski

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Internet of Things, critical infrastructures, and the governance of cybersecurity in 5G network slicing 物联网、关键基础设施和 5G 网络切片中的网络安全治理

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102867

Günter Knieps

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Technological literacy and employment: An inquiry into the adoption of learning technologies 技术扫盲与就业：对采用学习技术的调查

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102864

Nazire Begen , Hilal Atasoy

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Privacy and personal data risk governance for generative artificial intelligence: A Chinese perspective 生成式人工智能的隐私和个人数据风险治理：中国视角

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102851

Xiongbiao Ye , Yuhong Yan , Jia Li , Bo Jiang

{"title":"Privacy and personal data risk governance for generative artificial intelligence: A Chinese perspective","authors":"Xiongbiao Ye , Yuhong Yan , Jia Li , Bo Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102851","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102851","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has attracted global attention and posed challenges to existing data governance frameworks. The increased technical complexity and expanded scale of data usage not only make it more difficult to regulate AI but also present challenges for the current legal system. This article, which takes ChatGPT's training data and working principles as a starting point, examines specific privacy risks, data leakage risks, and personal data risks posed by generative AI. It also analyzes the latest practices in privacy and personal data protection in China. This article finds that while China's governance on privacy and personal data protection takes a macro-micro integration approach and a private-and-public law integration approach, there are shortcomings in the legal system. Given that the current personal data protection system centered on individual control is unsuitable for the modes of data processing by generative AI, and that private law is insufficient in safeguarding data privacy, urgent institutional innovation is needed to achieve the objective of “trustworthy AI.”</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 10","pages":"Article 102851"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142656791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Digital discrimination under disparate impact: A legal and economic analysis 不同影响下的数字歧视：法律和经济分析

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102853

T. Randolph Beard , George S. Ford , Lawrence J. Spiwak

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Two paths of balancing technology and ethics: A comparative study on AI governance in China and Germany 平衡技术与伦理的两条路径：中德人工智能治理比较研究

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102850

Viktor Tuzov , Fen Lin

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Does affordable Internet promote maternal and child healthcare access? Evidence from a post-telecommunication market disruption period in India 负担得起的互联网是否促进了妇幼保健的普及？来自印度电信市场混乱后时期的证据

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102872

Vinayak Krishnatri, Sukumar Vellakkal

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