Reviews & Recommendations for Predatory Data

• Publishers Weekly: “Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future.” January 2025. 

• Porchlight Books: “An Excerpt from Predatory Data." Porchlight. February 11, 2025.

• San Francisco Chronicle: “Author Anita Say Chan thinks Silicon Valley may have a eugenics problem. Here’s why,” January 2, 2025.

• Mother Jones: “Eugenics Isn’t Dead—It’s Thriving in Tech,” January 2, 2025. 

• American Association for the Advancement of Science: “New book connects eugenics to Big Tech,” EukerAlert. January 9, 2025. 

• Nature Magazine: “AI hype, crackling northern lights and more: take it all in with these holiday reads,” July 14, 2025. 

• Midwest Book Review: “MBR Bookwatch.” Midwest Book Review, Vol. 1, Number 2. February 2025.

• The Geyser, "Interview: Anita Chan, Author of “Predatory Data” Why eugenics is the most important concept on the table today — from Silicon Valley to RFK," by Kent Anderson. June 17, 2025. 

• Paris Marx, Disconnect: “A Critical Tech Reading List for early 2025,” Paris Marx. January 19, 2025. 

• Eurasia Review: “New book connects eugenics to Big Tech,” Eurasia Review. January 10, 2025

Invited Commentary

• The Public Eye: “DHS’s Immigrant Tracking Tech Lays the Ground for Authoritarian Surveillance.” October 10, 2025.

• Harvard ReVista: Review of Latin American: "Immigrant Surveillance Machine A Replay of Eugenic Technologies for Authoritarian Conditioning" October 10, 2025.    

Radio

• Moment of Truth” Show on KSQD Radio: “’Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech’ Interview with Anita Say Chan,” April 9, 2025.

• The Show with Sam Dingman, KJZZ Radio: “Data mining online may feel new, but this new book traces its roots back more than a century,”  February 19. 2025.

• Against the Grain Show on KPFA Radio: “Author Anita Chan discusses her new book ‘Predatory Data.’” January 14, 2025. 

Interviews

• Disrupted Science Podcast: "Predatory Data: An Interview with Anita Chan," September 24, 2025.

• The Internet is Crack Podcast: “The Whole Story: A Discussion with Anita Chan,” September 14, 2025. 

• The Mark Thomson Show: “Eugenics, It’s Thriving in Silicon Valley With Elon & The Tech Bros, Professor Anita Say Chan,”  June 28. 2025. 

• Civics & Coffee Podcast: “Predatory Data with Dr. Anita Chan,” June 7, 2025.

• For the Love of History Podcast: “Predatory Data by Anita Say Chan,” May 2, 2025.

• Under the Tree with Bill Ayers Podcast: “Big data/Predatory Data with Anita Say Chan.” April 16, 2025. 

• Feminist Law” Podcast: “Big Tech and Feminist Practice with Dr. Anita Chan (Part 2),” April 14, 2025. 

• Feminist Law Podcast: “Big Tech and Feminist Practice with Dr. Anita Chan,” April 7, 2025. 

• House of Ethics Podcast: “Anita Chan: Predatory Data,” March 28, 2025. 

• New Books Network: “Predatory Data Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future,” March 25, 2025. 

• The Tattooed Historian: “The Eugenic Roots of Data Exploitation: A Chat with Anita Say Chan.” March 4, 2025. 

• Age of Transitions Podcast: “Anita Say Chan interview, Predatory Data and Techno-Eugenics.” March 3, 2025. 

• Bad Faith Podcast: “From ‘Merit’ to Eugenics: Elon Musk's Plan for America (w/ Anita Say Chan).” February 3, 2025.  

• The Zero Hour with Richard Eskow: “21st-Century Eugenics: Big Tech's Antihuman Ideology (w/Anita Say Chan)," January 23, 2025.