The Critical Internet Studies Institute turns emerging technology intelligence into action.
Refusing Data Centers is a briefing on the main networked groups, influencers, and conspiratorial beliefs that constitute a burgeoning U.S. data center opposition movement.
September 2, 2026
New Product
CISI in the media
We study surveillance & networked incitement.
Dr. Joan Donovan:
Networked Incitement
Networked incitement is the use of social media to organize political violence through disinformation and harassment. CISI tracks these threats to help institutions & vulnerable groups build resilience to them through knowledge, analysis, and tools.
Dr. Chris Gilliard:
Luxury Surveillance Lab
The Luxury Surveillance Lab studies how digital consumer tracking devices, even if consensual, contribute to broader surveillance systems & impact bodily autonomy while harvesting data that can help companies influence public policy.
We partner to build resilience, beyond industry.
CISI deploys workshops on technology & society for truth-tellers & communities.
We produce informative mediato help empirical evidence reach the streets.
We teach the public informed frames on technology, power, & society.
Our outreach prioritizes independent & local knowledge networks.