DIGITAL FEMINISM IN THE AGE OF ALGORITHMIC CULTURE: MAPPING ACTIVISM, INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESISTANCE

Special Issue - Innovative Commerce: Bridging Business and Computer Applications (ICBBCA-2026) |PG Department of Commerce with Computer Applications, Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai – March 2026| International Journal of Computer Science (IJCS) Published by SK Research Group of Companies (SKRGC)

Abstract

This paper investigates digital feminism as both a response to and a product of contemporary algorithmic culture. Drawing on techno feminist theoretical frameworks and empirical data from global feminist campaigns, the research examines how activists mobilize digital platforms to combat gender-based violence while navigating platforms' embedded biases and political economies. The study presents findings from an analysis of 352 digital feminist campaigns collected across five languages, supplemented by case studies of South Korean and Chinese feminist responses to deepfake pornography. The research reveals that digital feminist activism operates along a spectrum from event-based symbolic mobilization to systemic infrastructural critique. The paper concludes by proposing a framework for understanding post digital feminisms that accounts for the blurred boundaries between online and offline feminist organizing in an era of algorithmic hegemony.

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Keywords

MAPPING ACTIVISM, INFRASTRUCTURE, RESISTANCE