Decolonising technology a critical perspective from the global south

Digital colonialism is a looming concern in the compressed world of today, generating a complex array of disjuncture and difference. Globalisation of technology has disproportionately affected the population of least developed countries, including the Black, indigenous and female population. In the wake of the vertical flow of information technologies, technocratic imperialism is waxing in strength. Developing countries like India underscore the fact that the economy of the internet is increasingly dominated by the giant Western corporations, leading to an inequitable sharing of its economic benefits. From the standpoint of critical IR theory, a reasonable communication flow cannot emanate from biased material and ideological forces. Hence, the communication process should facilitate critical reflection to unveil the distortions.