'Although they are still fringe tech, concerns about privacy are mounting, amid reports of users covertly recording in public. Last month, journalists in Sweden found that moderators employed by Meta review intimate footage from the glasses, including of people using the toilet and having sex.'
#meta #facebook #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #capitalism #privacy #security
Nothing to see here folks.
"Age verification company Yoti kept geolocation data for five years - Spain Slaps Yoti With €950,000 Fine Over Biometric Data"
#surveillancecapitalism #privacy
https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/yoti-spain-aepd-fine-biometric-data-gdpr-2026/
Cindy Cohn, from #eff @eff, nails it really well in this interview about how one can combine public #safety , #privacy and #freedomofspeech in capitalistic societies shaped by technologies, which are themselves controlled by politically-toxic oligopoles, with #johnstewart. #socialplatforms #gafam #surveillancecapitalism
JS: « If I leave #Twitter , then the world doesn't make sense anymore ! »
CC: « Well, I'm sorry for you. »
RE: https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/116324788420894633
Chinese social control is bad, but this is OK, it’s USA.
#surveillancecapitalism
What If Technology Respected You?
Big Tech is built on surveillance and extraction. It doesn’t have to be.
In this week’s episode, Aral Balkan explores how corporate power reshaped the internet—and what reclaiming it could look like.
🎧 Listen now: https://youtu.be/wUuJ9eE86lI
#DigitalCommons #FOSS #Privacy #TechEthics #SurveillanceCapitalism
Brainfart:
Shouldn't every single religious person who believes in an "all seeing God" be up in arms against #BigTech and its surveillance capitalism ?
After all, that's the prerogative of their God, not of humans....
From Open Web to Owned Web
🎧 Listen to this week’s episode:
https://youtu.be/wUuJ9eE86lI
#DigitalCommons #FOSS #Privacy #TechEthics #SurveillanceCapitalism
Edit/additional note: Charlotte McLauchlan is not a journalist, but a paid consultant/writer. So, let's guess why she's written this piece ...
There are multiple angles to this:
Yes, social media is bad (for kids). So, go against the US Surveillance Tech social media mega conglomerates to get it right! Bust them in court to eternity for ludicrous sums of $$$ until they stop abusing their position.
Age gates are bad. They massively torpedo people's privacy. It needs to be a social **right** to get certain information anonymously (e.g. mental health, gender issues, and all kinds of other things).
Who's behind this? Predominantly the decision to adopt age gates has been driven and fuelled by Meta and other social media giants. Estimates are that Meta has put approx. US$ 2 billion into this in lobbying and funding of 'interest groups' that are supposedly pro-family and for child protection. Meta has the most to gain (exclusion of smaller competition that can't afford it, plus *verified* identity data of users for better targeting ads and campaigns).
Excited to share that I am one of 31 contributors to "Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World" by @TimUnwin
It was a privilege to be part of such a unique and diverse team, writing about digital colonialism and surveillance capitalism and how to counter these challenges.
If these topics matter to you, I highly recommend to grab your copy here:
#DigitalInclusion #DigitalEquality #TechForGood #ICT4D #manifest #DigitalColonialism #foss #SurveillanceCapitalism
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The Internet is Crack
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