West India Company: The Rise of New Imperialists in The Digital World

Saif Shahin

West India Company: The Rise of New Imperialists in The Digital World

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The so-called Big Tech corporations, including Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple and Microsoft, are at the forefront of a new form of colonisation that is aimed at controlling every aspect of our lives, from what we eat and drink to how we think and feel.

Original language	English
Journal	Outlook
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2022

Keywords

Big Tech
Twitter
Elon Musk
Facebook
Data
Datafication
Digitalisation
Platform
Platform economy
Filter bubble
Echo chamber
Surveillance
Internet governance

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West India Company: The Rise of New Imperialists in The Digital World

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