# Algorithmic Sovereignty **Domain:** Platform governance / Sovereignty **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Algorithmic sovereignty** is practical authority to set and revise computational rules controlling visibility, access, ranking, recommendation, and enforcement. ## Significance A movement may organize successfully yet remain dependent on an operator able to change the rules or close the arena. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20201015STO89417/what-is-digital-sovereignty) ## Routes [[wiki/Scoring Systems|Scoring Systems]] · [[wiki/Algorithmic Governance|Algorithmic Governance]] · [[wiki/Map-Deprivation|Map-Deprivation]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] ## The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War > “A civilization can remain geographically intact and still lose its sovereignty when another civilization’s models, hardware, clouds, standards, information filters and autonomous systems mediate how it understands and governs itself. That is the loss of epistemic sovereignty: the capacity to maintain and reproduce a civilization’s own informational representation of itself.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War, 2026* [[reminders/Sovereignty/A Civilization Can Lose Sovereignty Without Losing Territory by Bryant McGill|A Civilization Can Lose Sovereignty Without Losing Territory by Bryant McGill]]