Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “Data colonialism”
Recent scholarship situates data colonialism within global development dynamics, arguing that data extraction can reinforce structural dependencies between regions and reproduce asymmetries in control over digital infrastructure and knowledge production.[source retracted]
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Data colonialism and digital sovereignty in the Global South
Yansen Alberth Reba, Diana Regina Arim, Regina Alfrida Wafumilena, Albert Fransiskus Balriyanan et al.
Development in Practice · published January 2026 · cited 2 times by other papers
Retracted May 4, 2026
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