Book Review - Some Future Day: How AI is Going to Change Everything - Stratheia A critical review of Marc Beckman’s AI optimism, examining acceleration, inequality, ethics, and the unexamined costs of an AI-driven future.

From water-hungry data centres to shrinking cognitive capacity, the costs of AI expansion demand more than enthusiasm.
#DigitalInequality #Tech #AI
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Book Review - How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-Feudalism: The Making of the Digital Economy - Stratheia Durand’s techno-feudalism thesis, revealing how digital platforms create dependence, extract rents, and reshape modern capitalism.

Durand’s critique shows how digital capitalism is transforming into a new order defined by control, dependency, and structural power. Innovation rhetoric masks deeper inequalities.
#PoliticalEconomy #DigitalInequality #BigTech
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Catherine is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University. Her research focuses on how digital technologies can be harnessed to support people affected by #dementia, while also addressing issues of digital inequality 🌟

#digitalinequality #accessibility #inclusivetechnology

🚀 2-year Postdoc opportunity with me on older adults, digital technologies & wellbeing.

Flexible location/remote-friendly

Deadline 9 Oct, 13:00 CEST

Details & how to apply (both ITA/ENG):

www.stat.unipd.it/procedura-se...

#Postdoc #Ageing #Demography #DigitalInequality

🌍 The Billionaire Escape Plan
Elon dreams of Mars while Earth burns. Anita Say Chan joins us to unpack how data misuse empowers elites and marginalizes everyone else.

🎧 Full ep: youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#DataEthics #DigitalInequality #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast

Mapping Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Interaction of Intimate Partner Violence and Digital Inequalities in Norway’s Digital Transformation Context This study examines the intersection of intimate partner violence (IPV) and digital inequalities, focusing on the perspectives of IPV service practitioners in Norway. Through qualitative interviews wi...

New article on #digitalinequality & #domesticviolence with Busra Yalcinoz-Ucan & Hande Eslen-Ziyah: Mapping Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Interaction of Intimate Partner Violence and Digital Inequalities in Norway’s Digital Transformation Context
www.scup.com/eprint/9TZ8T...

Diversity and Inclusion in Data Activism 🚨 New Publication in the journal Sociological Forum 🚨 “Diversity and Inclusion in Data Activism: Frame Resonance and the Barrier of Problem Recognition” The fight for internet freedom h…

🚨 New Publication 🚨

"Diversity and Inclusion in Data Activism"

in @soc-forum.bsky.social

#Sociology #SocialMovements #DataActivism #ContentiousData #DataJustice #DigitalDivide #DigitalInequality #KnowledgeGap #Datafication #DataLiteracy #InternetFreedom

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Failed ideologies left a vacuum; now algorithms shape our futures with no space for ethics or equality.
By Prof. Dr Taimoor ul Hassan

Read: thefridaytimes.com/29-Jul-2025/...

#AI #imperialisme #digitalInequality #socialism #failure #Islamic #EconomicNews #Capitalism

AI Imperialism And The End Of Alternatives: Inequality In The Digital Age AI-driven capitalism is deepening global inequality as socialist, Islamic, and grassroots alternatives fail to counter digital imperialism

AI has become the new face of empire—extracting data from the South while centralising power in the North.
By Prof. Dr Taimoor ul Hassan

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/29-Jul-2025/...

#AI #imperialisme #digitalInequality #socialism #failure #Islamic #EconomicNews #Capitalism

Marieke Petersen zeigt in ihrer session eine Folie zur Definition von Digitalzwag (von Digitalcorage eV)

Digitalisierung ist großartig. wenn ich
👨‍🦽körperliche/geistige Einschränkungen habe
💶Kosten (Anschluss, Geräte)
🤹‍♂️verständnis/gewöhnung/übung fehlt?
Marieke Petersen von der @informatik.bsky.social kritisiert digital-alternativlose Angebote (Bsp Bahncard) als Digitalzwang #digitalinequality #rp25

How Digital Inequality Impacts Education and Economic Growth Understand how digital inequality impacts education and economic growth. Look at effective initiatives policies and partnerships for addressing digital divide.

Digital inequality contributes directly to an education gap and slows economic growth. Bridging the digital divide is essential to unlock education for all and sustain economic growth.
#DigitalDivide #DigitalInequality #DigitalLiteracy #TechForAll
#DigitalInclusion
#OnlineEducationForAll

Did the internet spread wealth—or just concentrate it?
Prof. Bailey breaks down the digital economy’s real balance sheet: who profits, who pays.
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: youtu.be/Rnk1ZuEpmns

#AIeconomy #WinnersVsLosers #DigitalInequality #TechPodcast #PowerAndProfit #theinternetiscrack

📲 How can we understand #digitalinequality in an era of digital inclusion?

This short video introduces "adverse digital incorporation"—a concept explaining why being included in digital systems can still lead to inequalities.

📺 Watch now: [youtu.be/pMN8M_Wr3CQ]

Reports & Research - Mhor Collective

We've just finished a report exploring the rise of #incelculture #onlinemisogyny and #digitalinequality. It's part of our work to support #digitalinclusion of women and girls who are victims of violence, the harm of whom is compounded by the digital space.

www.mhorcollective.com/reports-rese...

Budget Bill Approves $1M for Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Programs Budget bill allocates $1M for housing assistance and neighborhood revitalization initiatives.

Maryland's new budget bill aims to revolutionize broadband access and housing support, tackling urgent social issues head-on.

Click to read more!

#MD #CitizenPortal #HousingAssistance #DigitalInequality #MarylandNeighborhoods #CommunityRevitalization

Digital inequalities and U.S. undergraduate outcomes over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated major and rapid changes to undergraduate student learning conditions, but the longer-term consequences of those changes have yet to be fully understood. We assess ho...

🚨 new pub: #digitalinequality explains most variance in which UGs delayed graduation after 2 yrs of pandemic learning—more than #firstgen status, #race/ethnicity or other s-d markers. Just out in @plosone.org with @abjordan.bsky.social & @ognyanova.bsky.social! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Digital Development working paper series | Global Development Institute | The University of Manchester The Digital Development working paper series discusses the broad issues surrounding digital data, information, knowledge, and technologies in the process of socio-economic development.

🔎 Wikipedia isn’t just an encyclopedia—it’s a data goldmine.

Our study uses Wikipedia pageviews to measure global #KnowledgeDivides across countries & languages

📊Who consumes the most knowledge? Who’s left behind?
Read more: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

#BigData #DigitalInequality

Sissy SpaceX: If only she were out of this world...
#techbrodrag #siliconqueens #startupglam #disruptindrag #movefastandbreakaheel #cryptoqueens #theydraggedmehere #techmonopolies #antitrust #dataprivacy #surveillancecapitalism #digitalinequality #breakupbigtech #decentralization #digitalsovereignty

First Lady Elonia: She'll make you PayPal!
#techbrodrag #siliconqueens #startupglam #disruptindrag #movefastandbreakaheel #cryptoqueens #elon #theydraggedmehere #techmonopolies #antitrust #dataprivacy #surveillancecapitalism #digitalinequality #breakupbigtech #decentralization #digitalsovereignty

Model Why: The queen of Silicon Valley!
#techbrodrag #siliconqueens #startupglam #disruptindrag
#movefastandbreakaheel #cryptoqueens #techqueens #theydraggedmehere #techmonopolies #antitrust #dataprivacy #surveillancecapitalism #digitalinequality #breakupbigtech #decentralization #digitalsovereignty

How social media is reshaping human connection | The-14 Social media reshapes connection, deepening inequalities and mental health challenges through the Disembodied Disconnect Hypothesis.

How social media is reshaping human connection
#SocialMedia #HumanConnection #MentalHealth #DigitalInequality #Technology #DisembodiedDisconnect #SocialImpact #YouthWellBeing #DigitalInteraction #OnlineBehavior
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A knotted pipeline Data-driven systems and inequalities in health and social care

"As data-driven systems become the new norm
in the delivery of health and social care, it is vital to fully understand why and how complex data-driven systems can sometimes lead to inequitable outcomes." #DigitalInequality

www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/knott...

#DigitalHealth #SDOH #MedSky

cartoon turtle raising its hand in a sea of social media icons and digital devices

here I am! #digitalinequality

a stuffed white cat is sitting on top of a box and asking where you are . ALT: a stuffed white cat is sitting on top of a box and asking where you are .

Where are my #digitalinequality folks?

Key open-access papers of #ICT4D:

Digital inequality beyond the digital divide: conceptualizing adverse digital incorporation in the global South: www.tandfonline.com/...

#DigitalDivide #DigitalInequality #OpenAccess

One more reminder that I will be online at #SPSP2022 TODAY, 12:30-13:30 PST / 20:30-21:30 GMT to talk about our poster on digital exclusion and adolescent mental health during COVID! Please come along!!!

#digitalinequality #digitalwellbeing #mentalhealth

Hello #SPSP2022 attendees! Come (virtually) and talk to me about our (@SakSGhai @OrbenAmy) poster on digital exclusion and adolescent mental health during COVID, Saturday 12:30-13:30 PST / 20:30-21:30 GMT!

#digitalinequality #digitalwellbeing #mentalhealth