<s>
Digital	B-General_Concept
dystopia	I-General_Concept
,	O
cyber	B-General_Concept
dystopia	I-General_Concept
or	O
algorithmic	B-General_Concept
dystopia	I-General_Concept
refers	O
to	O
an	O
alternate	O
future	O
or	O
present	O
in	O
which	O
digitized	O
technologies	O
or	O
also	O
algorithms	O
have	O
caused	O
major	O
societal	O
disruption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
popular	O
culture	O
,	O
technological	O
dystopias	B-Application
often	O
are	O
about	O
or	O
depict	O
mass	O
loss	O
of	O
privacy	O
due	O
to	O
technological	O
innovation	O
and/or	O
social	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
"	O
digital	B-General_Concept
dystopia	I-General_Concept
"	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
negative	O
effects	O
of	O
multichannel	O
television	O
on	O
society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Cyber-dystopia	B-General_Concept
"	O
was	O
coined	O
in	O
1998	O
in	O
connection	O
with	O
cyber-punk	O
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
mentions	O
is	O
on	O
2004	O
when	O
a	O
academic	O
and	O
blogger	O
was	O
expelled	O
for	O
commenting	O
on	O
how	O
the	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
Computer	O
game	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Alphaville	O
had	O
become	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
dystopia	I-General_Concept
controlled	O
by	O
"	O
president	O
"	O
Donald	O
Meacham	O
and	O
corrupt	O
faction	O
of	O
robot	O
nobles	O
had	O
become	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
dystopia	I-General_Concept
with	O
crime	O
,	O
cyber-sex	O
prostitution	O
and	O
general	O
civic	O
chaos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
David	O
Nye	O
presented	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
cyber-dystopia	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
envisions	O
a	O
world	O
made	O
worse	O
by	O
technological	O
advancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nancy	O
Baym	O
shows	O
a	O
cyber-dystopia	B-General_Concept
negatively	O
effect	O
of	O
a	O
cyber-dystopia	B-General_Concept
in	O
social	O
interactions	O
as	O
it	O
says	O
new	O
media	O
will	O
take	O
people	O
away	O
from	O
their	O
intimate	O
relationships	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
substitute	O
mediated	O
relationships	O
or	O
even	O
media	O
use	O
itself	O
for	O
face	O
to	O
face	O
engagement	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Naughton	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
The	O
Guardian	O
,	O
described	O
Aldous	O
Huxley	O
,	O
The	O
author	O
of	O
Brave	O
New	O
World	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
prophet	O
of	O
digital	B-General_Concept
dystopia	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
