Disruption Network Institute investigates the Kill Cloud
Disruption Network Institute is a hub for investigation and empirical research on the impact of AI and data-driven technologies on the wars of today and tomorrow
The Kill Cloud is a planetary assemblage of satellites, data centers, algorithmic targeting systems, and human operators, bound together by infrastructures that render violence at once dispersed and instantaneous
Cian Westmoreland
2026 Reports · Publishing starting September 1st
Architecture of Disappearance
The Kill Cloud’s Dispersal of Violence and Erosion of Sovereignty
Cian Westmoreland, 2026
September 1
Ubiquitous Surveillance
Telecoms Networks and the Ecosystem of Tech and State Crime
Namir Shabibi, 2026
September 14
Automated Extraction
Tactics of Surveillance and Targeting Indigenous Peoples on the border of Mexico and the US
Tiara Roxanne, 2026
October 5
Join our fellows & many more at TESTING GROUNDS in Berlin, November 27–29 2026
More reports
Surveilling the Surveillance Industry
Towards a Public Database for Investigating Western Special Operations
Jack Poulson, 2024
What we do
Disruption Network Institute provides a platform outside of the constraints of journalism and the academy. Through year-round research and events, it explores the role of data capitalism, technological warfare, and surveillance technologies grounded in the experience of the Global Majority.
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Impact
DNI uniquely provides cross-disciplinary networking, amplifies whistleblowers' voices globally, and influences civil society, journalism and scholarship.
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Our Mission
As a collective not beholden to the constraints of journalism and the academy, the Disruption Network Institute aims to refocus attention on the important yet hidden aspects of the militarisation of AI.
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Who we are
Creating Network of Trust: Connecting Whistleblowers, Investigative Journalists, Campaigners and Artists.
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27.–29 Nov 2026 · Conference
Testing Grounds: The Kill Cloud, AI & Migration Control
Berlin, 27.–29.11.2026. Get updates.
1September 2026
Testing Grounds: The Kill Cloud, AI & Migration Control
Berlin, 27.–29.11.
14. June 2026
Video: Investigating the Kill Cloud
Talk by Tatiana Bazzichelli & Jonas Frankki at the Neocypherpunk Summit
11. April 2026
Workshop: The Kill Cloud as Corporate Takeover
Lisa Ling, Joana Moll & Tatiana Bazzichelli at Cables of Resistance
11. September 2025
New research round launched: Investigating the Kill Cloud: AI, Big Tech and Militarisation
German Translation
Die Kill Cloud · Auswirkungen der netzwerzentrierten Kriegsführung auf die reale Welt
Von Cian Westmoreland & Lisa Ling, aus Whistleblowing for Change, 2021, transcript Verlag
Conference 2024
The conference Investigating The Kill Cloud (29.11–1.12.2024) brought together the research fellows of the Disruption Network Institute and international experts.
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