The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, with Shoshana Zuboff and Rosamund Urwin
Intelligence Squared
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Tech Giants and Privacy: A Complex Landscape
This chapter explores the acknowledgment of privacy issues by major tech companies like Facebook, reflecting on their historical crises and strategic responses to public scrutiny. It examines the implications of current regulations, particularly biometric privacy laws and the influence of lobbying on global frameworks like GDPR. The discussion raises critical questions about the authenticity of tech leaders' commitments to user rights amidst ongoing efforts to maintain profitability and self-regulation.
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