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A protestor at an installation outside Westminster in London in October 2021, shortly before Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified about the company’s pursuit of profit. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it

Like their predecessors in the 19th century, digital Luddites are fighting oppressive technology. Will they succeed?
Poster showing ‘The Leader of the Luddites’ (1812) Wikimedia Commons

I’m a Luddite. You should be one too

Why a workers’ rebellion in 19th-century England is relevant in the age of data extraction, gig labour and management by algorithm.

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