Surveillance capitalism: Is there an escape?

Friday, 5 July 2019 - 10:00am to 10:30am

How has it come to pass that corporations, enabled by digital technology, can now spy on us in the most initmate areas of our lives, and use or sell this information for commercial profit? How can this happen without our real knowledge or consent? This program poses and discusses these questions and presents a challenge to the current status quo.

Refs:

Richmond, B. (2019) A day in the life of data. Removing the opacity surrounding data collection, sharing and use environment in Australia. Melbourne: Consumer Policy Resource Centre (CPRC).

Zuboff, S. (2019) The age of surveillance capitalism: The fight for a human future at the new frontier of power. London: Profile Books Ltd.

Think Again

Friday 10:00am to 10:30am

Think Again offers weekly conversations and reflections about current events, trends and public pronouncements on contemporary and emerging issues. The show moves beyond what we read and hear via the public and ‘social’ media, to invite alternative possibilities to guide our thinking, living and organising.