To measure progress by governments and companies towards digital sovereignty in the EU a clear metric has to be relied on. This is where the digital s

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To measure progress by governments and companies towards digital sovereignty in the EU a clear metric has to be relied on. This is where the digital self determination index comes in.

Today the digital sovereignty discourse includes values which stand for making the digital compatible with the European way of privacy, openness, and respect. As new types of addressable issues or threats emerge, digital sovereignty will continue to expand and so will the finish line with it.

In addition to values, the debate also revolves around digitisation, security and strategic autonomy. While the unit for measuring improvements in these fields can be represented in monetary and market valuation as well as uptime or process proliferation terms, the values part of digital sovereignty is more difficult to measure.

It is a score and includes several criteria. Some of these can probe for data security and control, online privacy and safety or harmful content in a manner similar to other social or economic surveys that are conducted on a global scale. In fact, some of these topics are already covered in relevant Eurobarometer, Pew Research and other reports.