In this article, Serkan Kasapoğlu uses the theory of techno-feudalism to show how the removal of accounts belonging to queer and abortion organizations is not merely a moderation issue, but above all a matter of power and ownership. Read the article: www.waag.org/en/article/w...

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AI glasses can film and share your voice and face without your consent. But you have a legal right to say no.

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Meta's ongoing censorship against queer and women's rights organizations is technofeudalism at its best (or, worst). Read here: www.waag.org/en/article/w...

Waag | Whose land is the feed? How techno-feudalism explains Meta's censorship on queer and pro-choice

The platforms—Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta—are no longer ordinary firms competing in a market; they are fiefs. The way out is not a kinder lord; it is to stop being a tenant.

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Read my most recent article on Meta's censorship against women and queers

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In Dec 2024, Meta's censorship against women and queers began. Abortion funds, reproductive-health providers, queer groups, drag performers had their accounts restricted across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. This was becoming a trend. Read the article: www.waag.org/en/article/w...

The extremely nonsensical short hit dramas that flood Snapchat and Instagram feeds, with names such as "My Alpha Boss Gave Me Triplets," "Found My Daddy at the Construction Site," "Think Again! I'm the Hidden Boss Mom," often with calls to download apps that can be traced back to two Chinese media+

At Waag, a "more-than-human" perspective shapes how we research, design, and ask questions. We enter fields of relation: with communities, technologies, infrastructures, materials, environments and nonhuman actors already involved in the situation. Read more: waag.org/en/article/w...

European digital ID wallets advance big tech monopoly, not European sovereignty. "[Citizens] are forced to use Google software, if they want to use the wallet," says Danny Lämmerhirt, Senior researcher at Waag Futurelab. Read more and learn what you can do: waag.org/en/article/e...

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