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Turning privacy into profit: Is data the death of democracy?

March 3, 2023

Data can be lucrative. Companies such as Google and Meta have become among the most valuable in the world because of the complex ways they trade our personal information with advertisers. Critics, such as Shoshana Zuboff, say this is part of a dangerous new economic model which has driven the scourge of disinformation. Others say sharing our data is a small price to pay for technological progress.

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