Surveillance Capitalism Book
FB, Google, Amazon, etc. gather information about us , so they can predict and modify our behavior. Then companies and political campaigns pay Google, FB, and Amazon for the predictions, so that they can modify our purchases, opinions, and votes. They can get us to vote for particular candidates. They can make us conform. Countries spy on their citizens, journalists, and opponents, and sometimes harass, beat, jail, or kill them.
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