Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered significant ethical and human rights concerns. While much of the debate focuses on risks such as discrimination, disinfo…
Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. This article investigates how China’s platform and data infrastructure expand globally amid shifting state-capital relations at home and abroad. Moving beyond the dichotomy of ‘democrati…
Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. The digital village strategy is a critical component of China’s national blueprint for integrating big data and digital technologies into rural revitalization. This study investigates th…
Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. This paper examines the human implications of AI’s ‘data dilemma’ in three different and contrasting sectors: pharmaceuticals, higher education, and the arts. The ‘data dilemma’ refers t…
Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. In this article, we present elements for a critique of the notion of a new data economy, often portrayed as a distinct stage in capitalist development, allegedly detached from the model …
Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. Machine learning offers new possibilities for developing more precise diagnostics and treatments, but the increasing use of sex stratification in precision medicine algorithms raises con…
Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. Archival versions of apps present a unique opportunity to study how apps functioned at different points in time, how they evolved individually, and how their roles in wider digital ecosy…
Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly employed to support decision-making in the public sector, yet it exacerbates the “problem of many hands and eyes” in public accountability. U…
Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. Data forms an integral part of the future imaginaries of healthcare’s digital transformation. To this end, the EU is launching the European Health Data Space (EHDS), intended to improve …
Big Data &Society, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2025. This paper investigates the technopolitics of identification across interoperable systems, with a particular focus on the identification of third-country nationals. In doing so, it revea…