# Privacy techtonics: feminist geopolitics of privacy, WhatsApp and democracy in India

Privacy techtonics: feminist geopolitics of privacy, WhatsApp and democracy in India at Department of Geography, Tuesday 17 November 2026, 13:00.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Department of Geography, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London
- With: Philippa Williams
- Go to page: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-sciences/events/2026/nov/privacy-techtonics-feminist-geopolitics-privacy-whatsapp-and-democracy-india

A seminar talk in the Human Geography Seminar Series at the Department of Geography. Philippa Williams, Professor of Geography at Queen Mary University of London, and co-author Lipika Kamra argue that Meta has promoted WhatsApp's privacy narratives and design to commodify both digital private space and users' metadata for private profit and power globally. Drawing on their book Privacy Techtonics, Philippa will show how WhatsApp's largest market, India, is central to this story, how the platform has shaped India's digital privacy landscape and vice versa, and how privacy is political as well as geopolitical. The seminar is held every Tuesday during term time, and staff, students and visitors are welcome.

## Dates

- Tuesday 17 November 13:00 — Department of Geography

Written by a model, sources: [ucl.ac.uk](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-sciences/events/2026/nov/privacy-techtonics-feminist-geopolitics-privacy-whatsapp-and-democracy-india)

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