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Data Colonialism

Gumaysi Xogeed

English

The appropriation and exploitation of data, particularly from marginalized communities, by powerful actors, mirroring the patterns of historical colonialism and leading to new forms of control and inequality.

Somali

In cid awood leh ay si xadgudub ah uga faa’iidaysto xogta, gaar ahaan xogta laga helo bulshooyinka la takooray, waxaana laga dheehan karaa qaababka gumeysiga ee taariikhiga ah, taasoo dhalisa sadbursi iyo sinaan la’aan.

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