What Happens When Big Brother Meets Big Tech

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Article

Publication Title

Institute for New Economic Thinking

Abstract

Author and law professor Maurice Stucke warns that as fundamental privacy rights vanish, your personal data can and will be used against you.

University of Tennessee law professor Maurice Stucke, author of “Breaking Away: How to Regain Control Over Our Data, Privacy, and Autonomy” has been critical as tech firms have grown into giant “data-opolies” profiting from surveillance and manipulation. In a conversation with the Institute for New Economic Thinking, he warns that legislative inaction and wider government complicity in this surveillance are eroding fundamental rights to privacy along with the ability of federal agencies to regulate Big Tech.

Publication Date

7-13-2022

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