Here is your arsenal. Use it wisely. Use it constantly.
We do not expect everyone to agree with us. We do not expect everyone to join us. Sabotage carries risks. It requires courage. It demands judgment. It is not for the faint of heart or the comfortable of conscience.
True choice would require transparency about how these systems function, access to the data they collect, the ability to modify their decision-making criteria, and the option to withdraw entirely without penalty. None of these conditions exist. The algorithms are black boxes. The data is hoarded. The criteria are proprietary. And withdrawal from the major platforms is, for most people, functionally impossible—a fact these companies have carefully engineered. manifesto on algorithmic sabotage
Algorithmic sabotage can take many forms, from the simple to the complex. Some examples include:
: Using creative "counter-intelligence" to expose the flaws in automated systems. Here is your arsenal
2026-05-26 By: The Bureau of Non-Compliance & Digital Heresy
We acknowledge that algorithmic sabotage is a form of violence, one that requires resistance and counter-violence. We will not be complacent in the face of algorithmic oppression, tolerating the injustices and cruelties that they perpetuate. We demand that individuals and communities have the right to resist, disrupt, and dismantle algorithms that harm, exploit, or dominate. We do not expect everyone to agree with us
: It asserts that the first step of techno-politics is political, not technological. It uses radical feminist, anti-fascist, and decolonial perspectives to challenge the "algorithmic empire".