Museums face ethical dilemmas as digital art targets corporate sponsors

The digital art world is increasingly critical of tech giants like Amazon and Google, which have evolved from innovative platforms into monopolistic powers. A performance-workshop at Berlin's Transmediale festival titled "Google Fuck Off!" exemplifies this backlash. Italian hacker artist Paolo Cirio updates projects like Daily Paywall, which exposes sensitive information from Financial Times and Wall Street Journal, now reopening under new ownership. Museums exhibiting net art confront political-economic conflicts beyond traditional aesthetic controversies, as works challenge information secrecy, banking confidentiality, and state secrets. This raises the question: how will museums react when artists attack the private funding sources many institutions rely on?