Meaning of surveillance capitalism | Babel Free

Definitions

An economic system based on the commodification of individuals' personal data for profit.

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Examples

“If you think that not posting these two photos does anything to surveillance capitalism or the platforms that succeed through it, that’s just not right.”

“That’s one way to understand Apple’s empty message about privacy. Tim Cook talks a big game, but at the end of the day, his company is allowing the surveillance-capitalism atrocities it claims to oppose.”

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