Jul 1, 2021
In part 2, expanding upon the impact of algorithms designed as racism --- we discuss the implications of Big Tech and Big Data on the global south with a focus on South Africa. We examine the notion of digital colonialism, how controlled opposition to it mutes our understanding of western tech hegemony and how a People's Tech (Digital Socialism) can help counter it.
We are joined by guests:
Michael Kwet, a Visiting Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. He is the author of Digital colonialism: US empire and the new imperialism in the Global South, and hosts theTech Empire podcast. His work has been published at Motherboard, Wired, BBC World News Radio, and Counterpunch. He received his PhD in Sociology from Rhodes University, South Africa.
Tshiamo Malatji, an organizer in Bloemfontein, South Africa, focusing on climate change, food sovereignty, and post-natural building as modes of responding to ecological crises.
References https://docs.google.com/document/d/17fylaOq1hOXSxdThFhUK5ZDb3-L_upYaun8MhBU1-sY/edit
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