Data colonialism may attack the very boundaries of the self.

Evidence

But ethics must start out from an understanding of the self. What if the boundaries of the self too are under sustained attack by data colonialism? If so, we may require philosophical resources to identify with precision the violence that data colonialism does to the self and, by extension, the social world as well. That is the topic of the next chapter. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 463

Categorization

• QUESTION: A live question for comparing rival frames: does the attack-on-the-self framing distinguish data colonialism from attention exploitation, or are they describing the same harm differently?
• XREF: connects to: Data appropriation threatens the minimal space of the self — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 75; Datafied subjects may progressively unlearn the norms of self-autonomy. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 525; Data colonialism constitutes an antiecology that disrupts the self’s home space — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 606 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Data colonialism annexes human life itself to capital #expands (0.85) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 28
• Data colonialism extracts human life as data for profit through data relations. #expands (0.82) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 32
• Data colonialism requires transforming society itself, not just extracting value #expands (0.80) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 365
• Data colonialism erodes the rational subject whose autonomy legitimizes law itself #exemplifies (0.78) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 564