((full)) - Manifesto On Algorithmic Sabotage

We propose the formation of . These are not secret societies—they are book clubs. Meet in person. Leave your phones in a Faraday bag. For one hour, discuss nothing that can be scraped, ranked, or recommended. Then, plan your next act of sabotage: a week of phantom queries, a neighborhood "wrong-turn day," a coordinated attack on a retail feedback system with a thousand five-star reviews that say only "I have forgotten what I bought."

We will be contradictory, erratic, and opaque to any system that claims to know us better than we know ourselves. manifesto on algorithmic sabotage

We do not dream of a world without algorithms. We use them to sort email and find train schedules. We propose the formation of

Join us in this revolution. Let's sabotage the algorithms that seek to control us, and build a future that's more just, equitable, and human-centered. The time for algorithmic sabotage is now. Leave your phones in a Faraday bag