Algorithms are under increasing scrutiny. But for Ibrahim, it’s not enough to pry open these computational black boxes; we must see them as fused with the unequal societies from which they emerge. This book offers an uncompromisingly critical yet conceptually sharp account of algorithms as machines—assemblages of artificial and human intelligence—crystallizing and reproducing the profound hierarchies, marginalities, domination, and violence underpinning processes of racialization.

Dr. Scott Rodgers, reader in media and geography, Birkbeck, University of London

In Digital Racial Yasmin Ibrahim has launched a powerful yet devastating analysis of the algorithmic violence inherent in platform capitalism. If you want to understand how digital technology is instrumental in processes of racialisation and social control, you must read this book.

Pieter Verdegem, Westminster School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster

As the cybertarian fantasies of the internet fade into the oblivion that always awaited them, we are in desperate need of sober yet committed voices to guide us through the complex digital world. Yasmin Ibrahim is one such voice, and a brilliant one. This richly evocative study alerts us to the racialized operation of the world’s key digital platforms. A triumph.

Toby Miller, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Prof Ibrahim's latest book draws on research from computer science to sociology and critical race studies, in a ground-breaking demonstration of how digital platforms and algorithms can shape social attitudes and behavior.

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