Algorithmic Relationship Colonialism

Resistance to Western relationship norms embedded in global platforms.

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Algorithmic Relationship Colonialism

Critical frameworks examining how dating apps, social platforms, and AI companions export Western individualist, romantic-love-centric models globally—eroding diverse cultural practices around arranged marriage, collective decision-making, and non-nuclear family structures. Advocates for pluralistic design.

TRL

4/9Formative

Impact

5/5

Investment

2/5

Category

Ethics Security

Connections

Ethics Security

Ethics Security

Cross-Border Relationship Jurisdiction

Legal frameworks for relationships spanning national boundaries.

Applications

Arranged Marriage & Family Matchmaking Platforms

Digital systems for family-mediated partner selection across cultures.

Ethics Security

Ethics Security

Intimacy Algorithm Audit Tooling

Frameworks and tools to audit recommendation engines that shape relationships.

Ethics Security

Ethics Security

Economic Exploitation in Intimacy Services

Protections against extractive practices in relationship and care work.

Software

Cross-Cultural Relationship Pattern Libraries

Databases of relationship norms, scripts, and expectations across cultures.

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