2022 saw a flurry of reports that the Danish Data Protection Agency was ordering schools to stop using Google products over the tech firm’s misuse of students’ personal data. 

We talk to Emilie Mørch Groth (Aarhus University) to see what has happened since, what this controversy tells us about the digital dependency of the modern welfare state, and the complexities of pushing back against Big Tech corporations. 

Accompanying reference >>>  Morgan Meaker (2022). A Danish city built Google into its schools—then banned it. Wired, 23rd September,  https://www.wired.com/story/denmark-google-schools-data/