This book review of ‘Own This!’ highlights the need to foster a more diverse and global digital economy.

Assessing the present and future readiness of OECD’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct 2023 for tech corporations

What is in store for the future of global digital governance?

Can digital food systems address the immense inequalities that lead to persistent food insecurity?

How do smart city projects make money, and for whom?

Examining the glaring gaps between the promise and reality of the ‘light’ ecological footprint of digital technologies.

Examining the lacunae in current extraterritorial responsibility frameworks from the standpoint of a data justice agenda with emphasis on Global South concerns.

Tracing the change in the concepts of development and labor in the digital age, and analyzing strategies of developing countries and workers to recalibrate the current state of inequity.

This article is based on a panel discussion organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and IT for Change as part of the NGO CSW66 Virtual Forum held on 15 March 2022.