Google Marxism: Internet Ideology and the Academics Who Perpetuate It
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Rectenwald argues that, just as the Gulag was the means to physically disappear dissidents and other thought criminals from normal life in the Soviet Union, powerful corporations currently preside over big data and serve as the chief arbiters of expression with power to delete “dangerous” persons from its various platforms.
Presented at the Libertarian Scholars Conference on 28 September 2019, at The King’s College in New York City.