# Petter Törnberg: Algorithmic Tyranny & Digital Modernity

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Published: 2025-09-29T16:44:17+00:00
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## Resource

What do Facebook, Google, and TikTok really see when they look at us — and what do they miss? In this episode of Singularity.FM, Nikola Danaylov (aka Socrates) interviews Petter Törnberg, Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at the University of Amsterdam and co-author of Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity. Together they explore: How platforms have become the new eyes of power Why algorithms don’t just mirror society — they reshape it The dangers of algorithmic tyranny and invisible control The shift from industrial modernity to digital modernity Why self-organization often hides new forms of hierarchy Whether AI will become the ultimate platform of platforms How citizens, activists, and policymakers can still resist 📘 Petter’s books: Seeing Like a Platform (2025) Intimate Communities of Hate (2024) You can watch the full video recording here: https://www.singularityweblog.com/petter-tornberg/

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