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The datacenter industry is using propaganda to fight opposition
In a Guardian opinion piece, researchers Samuel Woolley, Dean Jackson and Maia Woluchem say their new research finds the datacenter industry uses propaganda, disinformation and information control to shape opinion and weaken community opposition, including labels such as Chinese bots and antifa.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
Residents opposing a local datacenter may be met with labels like Chinese bots or antifa that, the authors argue, are meant to discredit them.
For lawmakers
The authors' research, as described, suggests officials weighing datacenter approvals may be hearing industry messaging designed to obscure harms to communities.
For researchers
Woolley, Jackson and Woluchem present new research on industry information control around datacenters; the excerpt does not show their method or data.
The record
- Questions
- Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment? · How is AI changing childhood, health and daily life?
- People
- Samuel Woolley (Wrote it) · Dean Jackson (Wrote it) · Maia Woluchem (Wrote it)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of November 14, 2026, via
the-guardian-ai(tier 2: a major outlet’s own reporting) - Cite this
- The Guardian, “The datacenter industry is using propaganda to fight opposition”, November 13, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/guardian-2026-11-13-datacenter-industry-propaganda