The is a conspiratorial, aesthetico-political, and practice-led research framework that explores the intersection of digital culture, information technology, and militant political agency. Operating as an anonymous or collective entity, the group focuses on conceptualizing and implementing "algorithmic sabotage" as a form of techno-disobedience and artistic activism against what they describe as "necropolitical technologies" and structural injustices. Core Philosophy and the "Manifesto on Algorithmic Sabotage"
Algorithmic Sabotage Research Group (ASRG): Practical Framework for Detection, Mitigation, and Responsible Research
Declaring that the primary step in addressing technology is political rather than technological. algorithmic sabotage research group %28asrg%29
Autonomous freight routing (simulated environment). Target Algorithm: Real-time cost-minimizer with a safety constraint of ≤0.5% spoilage. Sabotage Vector: Temporal drift injection.
Asserting that the first step of technology is always political, specifically through radical feminist, anti-fascist, and decolonial lenses. 2. Strategic "Sabotage" Tactics Autonomous freight routing (simulated environment)
"The best sabotage is indistinguishable from a corner case. Always leave the system engineer wondering: was that a bug, or was that us?"
To understand the ASRG, one must understand the vacuum it filled. Prior to its founding in 2019 (by a coalition of former intelligence analysts and academic logicians), the tech industry had robust teams for "security" (preventing external breaches) and "quality assurance" (catching random bugs). However, no one was systematically looking for intentional malice baked into the logic layer. Asserting that the first step of technology is
The Algorithmic Sabotage Research Group represents a pivotal shift in digital rights discourse. Rather than appealing for legislative regulation—which is often slow—they explore immediate, tactical resistance at the code level. They posit that in a society governed by algorithms, the ability to sabotage those algorithms becomes a fundamental democratic right.