Home / English Books Product Description If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product.In the past, colonialism was a landgrab of natural resources, exploitative labour and private property from countries around the world. It promised to modernise and civilise, but actually sought to control. It stole from native populations and made them sign contracts they didnt understand. It took resources just because they were there.Colonialism has not disappeared it has taken on a new form.In the new world order, data is the new oil. Big Tech companies are grabbing our most basic natural resources our data exploiting our labour and connections, and repackaging our information to control our views, track our movements, record our conversations and discriminate against us. Every time we unthinkingly click Accept on Terms and Conditions, we allow our most personal information to kept indefinitely, repackaged by big Tech companies to control and exploit us for their own profit.In this searing, cutting-edge guide, two leading global researchers and founders of the concept of data colonialism reveal how history can help us both to understand the emerging future and to fight back. Read More Specifications Language English Author Ulises A. Mejias Format Hardback ISBN 9780753560204 Published 02/08/2024 Length 300 Pages Publisher Ebury Publishing Condition New Customer reviews No reviews left yet Write A Review Sort byMost RecentTop Rated Description If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product.In the past, colonialism was a landgrab of natural resources, exploitative labour and private property from countries around the world. It promised to modernise and civilise, but actually sought to control. It stole from native populations and made them sign contracts they didnt understand. It took resources just because they were there.Colonialism has not disappeared it has taken on a new form.In the new world order, data is the new oil. Big Tech companies are grabbing our most basic natural resources our data exploiting our labour and connections, and repackaging our information to control our views, track our movements, record our conversations and discriminate against us. Every time we unthinkingly click Accept on Terms and Conditions, we allow our most personal information to kept indefinitely, repackaged by big Tech companies to control and exploit us for their own profit.In this searing, cutting-edge guide, two leading global researchers and founders of the concept of data colonialism reveal how history can help us both to understand the emerging future and to fight back. Attributes Language English Author Ulises A. Mejias Format Hardback ISBN 9780753560204 Published 02/08/2024 Length 300 Pages Publisher Ebury Publishing Condition New Reviews No reviews left yet Write A Review Sort byMost RecentTop Rated Delivery & Returns Customer Reviews Data Grab : The new Colonialism of Big Tech and how to fight back Item in Stock by Ulises A. Mejias (Author) | Hardback DH350.00 Login to add this product to your wishlist. You Will Earn 350 points which is the equivalent of DH17.50
