Colonialismo de dados e soberania digital : análise da atuação das Big Techs e os desafios para a autonomia tecnológica brasileira

Abstract

This study examines how Big Techs’ control over data flows and algorithms undermines Brazil’s digital sovereignty. It assumes that data is the strategic resource of the 21st century and that its concentration represents a contemporary form of colonialism. This qualitative research, based on a bibliographic review, shows that digital colonialism operates through global infrastructure and massive data extraction, which feed artificial intelligence systems and surveillance capitalism. The findings reveal that algorithms shape subjectivities, reinforce information bubbles, influence political processes, and reproduce historical inequalities. In the Brazilian case, there is a contradiction between technological dependency and the country’s attempt to assert itself as a regional actor. The study concludes that digital sovereignty is a new geopolitical battleground and that addressing this challenge requires not only regulation but also investment in national infrastructure and technologies.