What is data colonialism?
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Contributor(s): | Colonialism has not disappeared – it has taken on a new form. In the new world order, data is the new oil. Big Tech companies are grabbing our most basic natural resources – our data – exploiting our labour and connections, and repackaging our information to control our views, track our movements, record our conversations and discriminate against us. In 'Data Grab: The new colonialism of Big Tech and how to fight back', Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejias, founders of the concept of data colonialism, reveal how history can help us both to understand the emerging future and to fight back. Find out more about the book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455862/data-grab-by-couldry-ulises-a-mejias-and-nick/9780753560204 Prof Nick Couldry is a Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE: https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/academic-staff/nick-couldry #Data #BigTech
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