About the Authors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Content 4
3. (Dis)obeying Algorithms? Introductory Thoughts on the Power of Algorithms and the Possible Necessity of Resisting it 6
4. The Dialectics of Dis-Obedience. Notes from the Crystal Palace 24
5. Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence and Power 48
6. Embodied Algorithmic Optimization. How Our Bodies are Becoming a Product of Code 70
7. The Lock Down City and the Utopian Program of Open Interfaces 102
8. Hacking Google Maps 136
9. The Algorithmic Construction of Space 148
10. Torn Between Autonomy and Algorithmic Management. (Dis)Obedience of Solo Self-Employed Working via Digital Platforms 172
11. A Crack in the Algorithm’s Facade. A Fundamental Rights Perspective on “Efficiency” and “Neutrality” Narratives of Algorithms 194
12. When Search Engines Discriminate. The Posthuman Mimesis of Gender Bias 226
13. Discrimination by Correlation. Towards Eliminating Algorithmic Biases and Achieving Gender Equality 250
14. The Power of Algorithms and the Structural Transformation of the Digital Public 294
15. Reclaim your Face and the Streets. Why Facial Recognition, and Other Biometric Surveillance Technology in Public Spaces, Should be Banned 318
16. Identity 5.0: How to Fight Algorithms Online (Fast). Heuristic Compressions of Personality Concepts (Dis)Obedient to Algorithmic Power—from Film, Television and a Cult Classic Novel 342
17. About the Authors 372