As part of our
ongoing research project on “Smart Authoritarianism?" – funded by the
DFG, led by Seraphine Maerz – we are currently updating and expanding
the Telecommunication Ownership
and Control (TOSCO) dataset. With the help of Vera Grünewald as well as
Tobias Sauer and in collaboration with Tina Freyburg, Lisa Garbe, and
several Research Assistants at the University of St. Gallen, the team of
Seraphine Maerz expects to release TOSCO
V2.0 in September 2023. The
TOSCO dataset
provides data on ownership of Internet service providers (ISPs) that
illustrates how the Internet is strategically built and used by
governments and corporations. TOSCO V1.0 and further information
about the data is available on our interactive TOSCO dashboard.