Digital Civics and Nomos: Response to Digital Civics and Algorithmic Citizenship in a Global Scenario

This commentary response presents two concepts that may address legal-political issues arising in the civics pillar of digital civics: the history of data and nomos. It suggests that we can draw from the history of data to supplement our understanding of datafication and formulate responses to surveillance capitalism. It then forwards the utility of the ancient concept of nomos as a means of approaching cultural and jurisdictional challenges arising in the infosphere. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.