I am a sociologist of media and culture with a strong interest in social theory. Over the past 15 years, I have concentrated on the impacts of large-scale data extraction on human life. My current work is on the serious risks as well as benefits from profit-driven AI.

I am closely associated with the framework of data colonialism, developed jointly with Ulises Mejias . In 2020, I co-founded with Ulises Mejias and Paola Ricaurte the Tierra Común network that links scholars and activists (mainly from Latin America) concerned to resist data colonialism.

My last book was on the commercial social media, and the disastrous error of delegating to business the design of our digital social world.

On this site you can find information on my latest books, earlier books, recent talks and podcasts, and my blog.

This is a critical time. The negative impacts of profit-driven digital platforms and technologies on people’s lives are becoming increasingly clear. The need for coordinated resistance to those platforms and technologies’ power is also clear. New forms of resistance are emerging. I am on the side of resistance.