"Authoritarian forces around the world are reshaping digital technologies into tools of control. Imara Jones dives into the growing threat of digital authoritarianism in the United States with writer & scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross. Katherine unpacks why social media has become such a radicalizing force in the wake of the SARScov2 pandemic and development of individualizing algorithms. She & Imara also dig into the techno-authoritarian beliefs behind the "California ideology,” the way that Web 2.0 undermines collective action, and why Elon Musk’s power grab is a sign of desperation within Silicon Valley elite."—TransLash Podcast

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