#FuckTheAlgorithm: algorithmic imaginaries and political resistance

Garfield Benjamin

doi:10.1145/3531146.3533072

#FuckTheAlgorithm: algorithmic imaginaries and political resistance

Garfield Benjamin

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Abstract

This paper applies and extends the concept of algorithmic imaginaries in the context of political resistance. Focusing on the 2020 UK OfQual protests, the role of the "fuck the algorithm" chant is examined as an imaginary of resistance to confront power in sociotechnical systems. The protest is analysed as a turning point in algorithmic imaginaries amidst evolving uses of #FuckTheAlgorithm on social media as part of everyday practices of resistance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency 2022
Subtitle of host publication	FACT'22
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	46-57
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3531146.3533072
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2022

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