Data colonialism governs as absolutely as historical colonialism, but without physical violence

Evidence

Data colonialism works through distinctive kinds of force that ensure compliance within interlocking systems of extraction in everyday life. These systems are so many and, taken together, so encompassing that they risk governing human beings in just as absolute a way as historical colonialism did. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 69

Categorization

• XREF: The contrast between force-by-violence and force-by-everyday-compliance is the analytic core a rival-school reader will test against attention/surveillance mechanisms. — connects to: Data colonialism’s continuity is functional, not literal, with historical colonialism. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 46

Broader Connections

• Data colonialism’s continuity is functional, not literal, with historical colonialism. #qualifies (0.75) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 46