Intorno alla decisione nel caso Schrems: la sovranità digitale e il governo internazionale delle reti di telecomunicazione

The article analises the recent ECJ Schrems decision linking it to the 2014 Google Spain decision as an expression of EU sovereign powers on telecommunication networks. The article takes into account the various,competing, theories on "sovereignty in cyber-space" pointing out ambiguities and misunderstandings (typically confusing the Internet protocol with an object of sovereign powers) and indicating the need for international cooperation in the appropriate fora (the ITU, the T-TIP negotiations) to set common rules which can enable free flow of communication and free provision of electronic services on transnational telecommunication networks.