Digital privacy and surveillance capitalism
<p>Digital technology has undoubtedly brought many benefits, but it has also come with growing threats to our privacy, our families and businesses, our mental health, and our freedom. Call it digital contagion. From cancel culture to fake news, from data collection and surveillance to outright social manipulation, we are bombarded by content that insidiously influences our behavior and threatens our security and even our livelihood.</p><br><p>In this episode, Eric Kohn, Acton's director of communications, sits down with Michael Matheson Miller, Acton senior research fellow, to discuss Michael's new book, <em>Digital Contagion: 10 Steps to Protect Your Family &amp; Business from Intrusion, Cancel Culture, and Surveillance Capitalism</em>.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GSWYDW7/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;qid=1632256717&amp;refinements=p_27%3AMichael%20%20Matheson%20Miller&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1&amp;text=Michael%20%20Matheson%20Miller" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Digital Contagion: 10 Steps to Protect your Family &amp; Business from Intrusion, Cancel Culture, and Surveillance Capitalism</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p><a href="https://www.acton.org/about/staff/michael-matheson-miller-0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bio | Michael Matheson Miller</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p><a href="https://blog.acton.org/archives/106736-google-and-surveillance-capitalism.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google and surveillance capitalism</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.acton.org/audio/panic-over-big-tech" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The panic over Big Tech</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.acton.org/publications/transatlantic/2020/04/15/civil-society-time-pandemic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Civil society in a time of pandemic</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to </strong><a href="https://www.acton.org/actonline" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Acton Line</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://www.acton.org/actonunwind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Acton Unwind</strong></a><strong>, &amp; </strong><a href="https://www.acton.org/actonvault" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Acton Vault</strong></a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
Digital technology has undoubtedly brought many benefits, but it has also come with growing threats to our privacy, our families and businesses, our mental health, and our freedom. Call it digital contagion. From cancel culture to fake news, from data collection and surveillance to outright social manipulation, we are bombarded by content that insidiously influences our behavior and threatens our security and even our livelihood.
In this episode, Eric Kohn, Acton's director of communications, sits down with Michael Matheson Miller, Acton senior research fellow, to discuss Michael's new book, Digital Contagion: 10 Steps to Protect Your Family & Business from Intrusion, Cancel Culture, and Surveillance Capitalism.
Google and surveillance capitalism
Civil society in a time of pandemic
Subscribe to Acton Line, Acton Unwind, & Acton Vault
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.