Reclaiming the Algorithm:

Why We Built Everything Is Political

We are living in a time when the very platforms we rely on to tell our stories are also the ones silencing us and spreading misinformation or worse, justifying our extermination.

Social media was supposed to democratize information. It promised us visibility, community, and voice. But for those of us who have always been marginalized—by borders, by race, by gender, by systems designed to erase us—these platforms have become another site of extraction.

In Conversation:
Céline Semaan
Filed under:
Essays
Topics:
Reclaiming NarrativesDesigning Systems