AI companies scrape data without consent, echoing colonial terra nullius — the legal fiction that land belongs to no one. Bundled digital consent forces users into Hobson's choices that mirror assimilation tactics. First Nations data sovereignty movements and intellectual property lawsuits, including Reddit's case against Perplexity, challenge unchecked extraction.
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Digital Colonialism: How AI Companies Are Following the Playbook of Empire
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Jessica Russ-Smith & Michelle Lazarus
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