#DigitalColonialism
The Gilded Rage of Tech Billionaires
Jacob Silverman

#digitalcolonialism #technofascism #techbros #fascism #billionaires #autocracy #plutocracy #kleptocracy #theocracy #ai
#ChristianZionism #larryellison #alexkarp #pet...
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The Gilded Rage of Tech Billionaires w/ Jacob Silverman - Tech Won’t Save Us
www.techwontsave.us
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Choosing between CCP or Murdoch-Ellison isn’t freedom

it’s slavery with different masters. Algorithms shouldn’t be weapons in elite hands. The fight is for people, not profiteers. #AlgorithmWars #CancelTikTok #DigitalColonialism
September 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Organizers:
Mark Graham (Oxford Internet Institute, Univ. of Oxford)
Uma Rani (International Labour Organization)

We welcome interdisciplinary work from all career stages.
#AAG2026 #AI #TechJustice #GlobalProductionNetworks #Labor #ClimateJustice #DigitalColonialism
September 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Trump & Musk aren’t “investing” in the UK—they’re chaining it to digital slavery. $45B in AI deals = Britain as a data plantation for US billionaires. #DigitalColonialism #UKProtests #TrumpVisit
September 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The Digital Nomad LIE: A Fantasy for the Privileged
That perfect Instagram photo of a laptop on a beach in Bali... what if it's the most sophisticated lie of our generation? We've all been sold the dream: escape the 9-to-5, see the world, and achieve true freedom through remote work. But behind the glamorous facade of the digital nomad lifestyle is a dark underbelly that nobody wants to talk about. In this episode, we're pulling back the curtain. This isn't your typical travel vlog. We're asking the hard questions. Is this a revolution in the future of work, or is it just a new form of digital colonialism reserved for the privileged? We investigate the real-world impact of the nomad boom, from the devastating gentrification pricing out locals in cities like Medellín and Barcelona to the personal struggles of chronic loneliness, burnout, and the logistical nightmare of taxes and healthcare. We're exploring the uncomfortable truth: for every person "living the dream," is there someone else paying the price? This is the reality check on the work from anywhere movement that you won't see on social media. Whether you're a seasoned nomad, a hopeful dreamer, or a skeptic, subscribe now for the conversation we need to be having. Share this with a friend who's been looking at flights. It's time for the real story.
www.spreaker.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Did you know that 95% of global internet traffic travels through undersea cables? And their routes are a ghost map of colonial empires. A thread of wild facts 🧵👇

#STS #DigitalColonialism #TechEthics #Infrastructure #BigTech #Ubuntu #EstherMwema
September 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
While the narrative may imply that we depend on big tech, the reality is they depend on us. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/who-capaci...

#AI #AIgovernance #technocolonialism #digitalcolonialism #humanrights #Restofworld
Who Capacitates Whom?
Considerations on the New Digital Colonialism
www.margin-notes-squared.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
While the narrative may imply that we depend on big tech, the reality is they depend on us. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/who-capaci...

#AI #AIgovernance #technocolonialism #digitalcolonialism #humanrights #Restofworld
Who Capacitates Whom?
Considerations on the New Digital Colonialism
www.margin-notes-squared.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Researcher Zina Qabbani shows how platforms like Google are not neutral tools,
they’re infrastructures of domination, distorting memory and normalizing genocide.
Read more on UntoldMag
#Gaza #DigitalColonialism #CartographicWar
August 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What’s sold as “energy sovereignty” & “digital revolution” risks making Argentina a new kind of colony: ruled by algorithms, powered by lithium, governed by capital.

By: Gustavo Robles
#Argentina #SiliconPampa #Extractivism #DigitalColonialism #AI #Lithium #GlobalSouth
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
An AI plan written by billionaires, for billionaires—with no plan for workers, families, or communities. Full story on Substack. #AIpolicy #TheReceipts #AIethics #SurveillanceCapitalism #LaborRights #TechAccountability #DigitalColonialism #DavidSacks #AllInPodcast #BigTechTakeover #AlgorithmicBias
July 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚨 New member book alert!
In Technocolonialism, IAMCR member Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social exposes how AI & "tech for good" can deepen global inequality & digital exploitation.
🔗 iamcr.org/books-madian...
#DigitalColonialism #TechForGood #AIJustice
July 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
As sensible European countries start the slow process of thinking through #digitalsovereignty the UK welcomes #digitalcolonialism for a few shiny beads or something. This is a move which it will be exceptionally hard to reverse.

Last November Peter Kyle admitted that the Big Tech companies […]
Original post on dair-community.social
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July 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Digital sovereignty from the US has never been more paramount. Trump asked Microsoft to block the mail access of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in May 2025 apnews.com/article/icc-...
www.heise.de/news/Strafge... #DigitalColonialism
#SovereignNotSurveilled
Strafgerichtshof: Microsofts E-Mail-Sperre als Weckruf für digitale Souveränität
Microsoft hat nach Trump-Sanktionen das Mail-Konto des Chefanklägers des Internationalen Gerichtshofs blockiert. Kritiker: "Wir brauchen dringend Alternativen."
www.heise.de
July 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Just witnessed AI generate a PALESTINIAN girl on Photoshop, complicit in settler colonialism. The brilliance is terrifying. #AI #DigitalColonialism Kindly read this: cutt.ly/RrRrE1NO
June 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
sind (Kobalt, Lithium, ...), sowie die Unterdrückung und Kontrolle der Bevölkerung durch westliche Überwachungssoftware.

Bildquelle: Pixabay CC0

#buchtipp #digitalerkolonialismus #buchempfehlung #sachbuch #digitalstrategy #digitalcolonialism
June 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
My latest post in The Egg reviews Karen Hao's Empire of AI.
AI doesn't have to be wrapped up in fantasies of sentient robots or demand obscene levels of resource consumption. A better AI is possible.

open.substack.com/pub/egghutt/...

#EmpireOfAI #KarenHao #AGI #DigitalColonialism
The Rise of an AI Empire
The generative AI industry is taking over the world—but the world is fighting back.
open.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Yeah—this stuff is everywhere.
Colonial spyware wrapped in efficiency.
This isn’t a glitch. It’s the intent.
End Times Fascism doesn’t need boots on the ground—
just code in the cloud.

And it’s already sorting the future.

#Palantir #EndTimesFascism #SurveillanceState #DigitalColonialism
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Who owns the truth?
In today’s influence economy, even ideas are processed, packaged, and sold.
What was once dialogue is now data.
What was once journalism is now algorithm.
Truth™ is just another product on the assembly line.
#BigTech #Disinformation #MediaPower #DigitalColonialism
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Who Owns the Truth? The Neo-Colonialism of Big Tech
"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."— A.J. Liebling Today, that freedom belongs not to journalists, but to billionaires. In the past, owning a press meant printing influence. Today, owning a platform means owning perception. Elon Musk owns Twitter/X. Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. Mark Zuckerberg owns your attention. These aren’t just companies—they are empires of belief, shaping how the world thinks, argues, votes, and feels.
calamur.org
May 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Musk ignited a powderkeg intentionally and drove #SA deep into violence by ripping in on wounds barely healed.

#MuskEffect #TrumpAmplified #SouthAfrica #PostColonialCrisis #WordsMatter #DigitalColonialism #GlobalInstability #DisinfoDamage #CitizenOfEurope
May 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Google Maps now featuring the “Gulf of Freedom and Cheap Margaritas” — brought to you by Manifest Destiny and unchecked tech bros.

#DigitalColonialism #GoogleMapsFail #HistoryMatters #LatinoJustice #fucktrump
May 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM