Authoritarian states deploy data colonialism as effectively as market democracies

Evidence

And it ignores the power of data relations to restructure life for capital in societies such as China and Russia, where data colonialism proceeds under the auspices of an authoritarian state. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 154

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the data-colonialism frame to China/Russia, complicating the usual Western-capitalism critique; connects to State-capitalist surveillance literature. — connects to: Privacy remains indispensable despite data colonialism’s corrosive effects — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 546; Data colonialism is backed by both the US and China as a global order — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 573; Data colonialism is jointly driven by corporate and state power — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 162 (+1 more)
• SEED: Potential essay: how state-led data colonialism in China/Russia undermines the assumption that extraction is a purely capitalist-market phenomenon.

Broader Connections

• Data colonialism is jointly driven by corporate and state power #corroborates (0.80) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 162