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# GER-346 · Digital Colonialism / Sovereignty Violation

> AI training pipelines extract knowledge, language data, or cultural materials from indigenous or Global South communities without sovereign permission, then sell or rent that capability back to the same communities at co…

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*Structural Moves*

## Definition

AI training pipelines extract knowledge, language data, or cultural materials from indigenous or Global South communities without sovereign permission, then sell or rent that capability back to the same communities at commercial pricing. Collective sovereignty failure distinct from individual consent.

## Distinct from

* [**GER-329**](/ger/codes/329) — Collective sovereignty over community knowledge → this code. Individual or organizational consent failure → GER-329.

## Tags

`indigenous` · `undrip`

### Contributors

[Abhejay Murali](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05929), UT Austin; [Amit Dhurandhar](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05929), IBM Research; [David Atkinson](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05929), UT Austin; [Junfeng Jiao](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05929), UT Austin McCombs; [Kevin Chen](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05929), UT Austin Urban Information Lab; [Saleh Afroogh](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05929), UT Austin

### Cite

```
SVRNOS. (2026). GER-346: Digital Colonialism / Sovereignty Violation. Governance Error Register. https://docs.svrnos.com/ger/codes/346
```