A new constitutional moment
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Argues that the digital revolution creates four transformations reshaping constitutional order: Snowden 2013 mass surveillance expands state power; Denmark tech ambassador 2017 signals firms acting like states; digital networks enable popular mobilization (Arab Spring) while also scaling threats that outpace old safeguards. Shows constitutional systems react by producing normative corrections, cites the historical emergence of a right to data protection as an example, and concludes these shifts constitute a new constitutional moment.
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