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Data Extractivism
Data Extractivism

Data extractivism refers to the large-scale capture, appropriation and exploitation of user data - such as behaviours or preferences - by tech corporations, often without proper consent and appropriate privacy protocols.

Bibliography
  • Transnational Institute. (2023). Digital capitalism is a mine, not a cloud. https://www.tni.org/en/article/digital-capitalism-is-a-mine-not-a-cloud​
  • Segura, M. S., & Waisbord, S. (2019). Between Data Capitalism and Data Citizenship. Television & New Media, 20(4), 412-419. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476419834519 (Original work published 2019)
  • Thatcher, J., O’Sullivan, D., & Mahmoudi, D. (2016). Data colonialism through accumulation by dispossession: New metaphors for daily data. Environment and Planning D, 34(6), 990-1006. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775816633195 (Original work published 2016)
  • Magalhães, J. C., & Couldry, N. (2021). Giving by Taking Away : Big Tech, Data Colonialism, and the Reconfiguration of Social Good. International Journal of Communication, 15(0), Article 0.

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