October 23, 2025Big Data & SocietyOpen Access

Contesting data power at the margins: Contentious data imaginaries and social movement mobilization

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Analysis reveals how data imaginaries shape mobilization and responses to surveillance in social movements, indicating key opportunities.

Surveillance impacts perceptions of data risks, driving tactical responses in activism focused on data imaginaries.
Key findings showed that discussions around digital data influenced mobilization efforts during Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Bill protests.
Analysis explored conceptual frameworks on political opportunity structures and their influence on activist repertoires of action.
Understanding data imaginaries may provide insights into counter-strategies against techno-authoritarian control in society.

Chan et al. (2025) studied this question.

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