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Data centers meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/10/data-centers-latin-america #LatinAmerica #DataCenters #EnergyVampires #ElectricityHogs #pollution #WaterIsLife #Indigenous #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #AI #TechRegulation #Techsploitation

Data centers meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America

An expert describes how communities in some of the world’s driest areas are demanding transparency as secretive governments court billions in foreign investment

The Guardian

LilMikeSF Oct 25

Big #AI is paying #ThirdWorld contract workers paltry pennies a day to sort through the most disturbing #data that feeds #FirstWorld #ArtificialIntelligence models.

https://aylgorith.com/streaming-ai-economics/ #techsploitation #globalsupplychain

FUCK OFF GOOGLE, AMAZON &Co !!Jun 7, 2018

SF protesters say no to “techsploitation,” block buses with scooters

https://missionlocal.org/2018/05/protesters-say-no-to-techsploitation-block-buses-with-scooters/

“It’s all interconnected,” said Kelley Cutler with the Coalition on Homelessness. Cutler says the perception is that San Francisco and the Mission are a playground, providing the grounds for new tech companies to fuel displacement and homelessness.

#SF #Berlin #Kreuzberg #Solidarity #FuckOffGoogle #TechSploitation #Startupification

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SF protesters say no to "techsploitation," block buses with scooters - MissionLocal

Protesting what they called the “techsploitation” of the city’s public space, about 50 protesters descended on a eight large white commuter buses Thursday morning, blocking their departure with scooters.

MissionLocal