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technological-complicity
The involvement of technology companies in enabling or supporting state-led oppression and censorship.
1 chapter across 1 book
Blockchain Chicken Farm (2020)Xiaowei Wang
Chapter 3
The Author's Note reflects on the rapid pace of technological and social change in China, emphasizing the complicity of tech companies in state violence, persecution, and systemic racism, particularly regarding the Uyghur people in Xinjiang. The author explicitly condemns these abuses and urges readers to critically engage with scholarly and journalistic work to understand how technology sustains racial capitalism globally.