Hello and welcome to Bot Populi! We are an alternative media platform dedicated to looking at all things digital from a social justice and Global South perspective. We aim to meaningfully shape the public discourse on digitalization and prompt important conversations about transformative change for a better digital future.

To this end, we explore how the digital world affects different aspects of our lives in obvious and unexpected ways. Our contributors include passionate and committed scholars, activists, and visionaries from around the world working on issues of digital justice.

DataSyn

In this edition of DataSyn, we present two timely features that delve into the dynamic interplay of burgeoning opportunities and concerning power dynamics within digital realms. Our first piece serves as a synthesis and overview of the landmark ‘Roots of Resilience’ conference that sought to reinvigorate platform cooperativism for the Global South. Our second piece serves as the sequel to our coverage of Africa’s Fintech landscape, this time offering a deep dive into Big Tech’s machinations within the space.

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Engage with our diverse thematic tracks examining various facets of our digital world. We explore labor issues in the digital economy, provide critiques of corporate excess and surveillance capitalism, examine feminist issues in the online sphere, investigate developments in AI and tech policy, and much more.