But if colonialism can be understood, among other things, as a process that allows one party to occupy the living space of another and appropriate his resources, overpowering him through a combination of ideological rationalizations and technological means (which include the use of surveillance and dominance), then we propose that we have entered a new phase of colonialism. To say this is not in any way to forget the racist, sexist, exploitative, and Eurocentric legacy of historical colonialism (which, after all, continues to shape the way we relate to each other today, even online).

Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, loc. 179