The Threat of Data Colonialism
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry Silicon Valley’s extractive data collection regime.
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The Threat of Data Colonialism w/ Ulises A. Mejias & Nick Couldry | Tech Won’t Save Us
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry to discuss how Silicon Valley's extractive data collection regime and the power it grants them resembles a much older form of exploitation: colonialism.
Ulises A. Mejias is a professor of Communication Studies at SUNY Oswego and Nick Couldry is a professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory at the London School of Economics. They are the co-authors of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back and among the co-founders of the network Tierra Común.
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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry to discuss how Silicon Valley’s extractive data collection regime and the power it grants them resembles a much older form of exploitation: colonialism.
Ulises A. Mejias is a professor of communication studies at SUNY Oswego and Nick Couldry is a professor of media, communications, and social theory at the London School of Economics. They are the co-authors of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back and among the cofounders of the network Tierra Común.
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Why Communities Want to Stop Flock Cameras w/ Jason Koebler / Tech Won’t Save Us
No one is comfortable with police surveillance in the US, which is why there’s a bipartisan backlash to Flock cameras. Jason Koebler joins Paris Marx to discuss the rise of Flock, how their cameras are being pitched by right-wing politicians and police agencies, and how they’re being used to stalk residents from coast to coast.
Jason Koebler is a co-founder of 404 Media and co-host of the 404 Media Podcast.
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