What is Big Tech’s surveillance-based business model?
Feb 16, 2022 · Facebook and Google’s business model is based on ubiquitous surveillance of our digital lives, which is an assault on our right to privacy and threatens a range of other rights. …
Big tech surveillance could damage democracy - The …
Jun 3, 2019 · Big tech is a highly unregulated sector of the economy. Existing regulations have struggled to keep up with a rapidly innovating tech sector. In some scenarios, big tech’s …
The terrifying now of big data and surveillance: A conversation …
Oct 1, 2019 · Concerns are growing around privacy and government surveillance in today's hyper-connected world. We spoke with the ACLU's Jennifer Granick about the battle against …
Surveillance Giants - Amnesty International
Governments moving to ban surveillance advertising would call time on Big Tech’s surveillance-based business model and be a huge step to protecting human rights in the digital space.
How to poison the data that Big Tech uses to surveil you
Mar 5, 2021 · Now researchers at Northwestern University are suggesting new ways to redress this power imbalance by treating our collective data as a bargaining chip. Tech giants may …
Why Big Tech, Cops, and Spies Were Made for One Another - The …
Oct 16, 2023 · When it comes to surveillance, the tech sector has powerful allies in government: cops and spies. It goes without saying that cops and spies love commercial surveillance.
Democracy Can Still End Big Tech’s Dominance Over Our Lives
May 5, 2022 · America’s fledgling internet startups quickly filled the void with the novel digital-age economics of surveillance capitalism, based on the secret capture and datafication of human …
Big tech companies engage in "vast surveillance" of users, FTC …
In a 129-page report, the agency examined how some of the world's biggest tech players collect, use and sell people's data, as well as the impact on children and teenagers. The findings …
TikTok Ban Won’t Solve Big Tech Harms | Amnesty International …
2 days ago · Another report, “I feel Exposed”: Caught in TikTok’s Surveillance Web, examines TikTok’s data practices and harmful user practices. The reports are part of Amnesty’s work …
CFPB Seeks Input on Digital Payment Privacy and Consumer …
Jan 10, 2025 · The Request for Information published by the CFPB outlines some of the agency’s prior research and monitoring of payment platforms, such as those offered by Big Tech …