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The modern technological situation of interaction and universal connectivity of intelligent systems, smart platforms and artificial intelligence puts humanity in front of new moral and existential problems that affect its future as a species and humane treatment as the basis of fundamental human values – justice, freedom, well-being. In this context, the authors offer their analysis of the human-data nexus, the mass digital practice of personal data expropriation and the hidden coercion behind it as a new kind of enslaving addiction – digital slavery. According to the authors, this slavery can be considered a result of the emergence and development of the so-called post-human capitalism – a term introduced by Y. Ibrahim to denote the use of technological possibilities for data processing in the service of extracting added value and capitalizing on new spheres of life. The main conclusion is that dealing with new technological threats cannot rely on legal regulation alone and needs a humanitarian reading and revision of the principles driving social, economic and societal progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]