Pope Leo XIV
Magnifica Humanitas §95
The Technocratic Paradigm and Digital Power
Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence
95 Here, we must recognize another crucial aspect, which I have noted earlier. In many cases within the digital context, control over platforms, infrastructure, data and computing power does not rest with States, but with major economic and technological actors. These entities effectively set the conditions for access, determine the rules of visibility and shape the very possibilities for participation. When such power is concentrated in the hands of a few, it tends to become opaque and evade public oversight, increasing the risk of distorted forms of development that give rise to new dependencies, exclusions, manipulations and inequalities.
Source: Magnifica Humanitas (Vatican.va)