What is Surveillance Capitalism?

Today, we’re going to be discussing the concept of surveillance capitalism.
Most of us know that we’re being tracked by algorithms all the time.

Surveillance capitalism is a term coined by Shoshana Zuboff that describes a new economic order where companies collect and monetize personal data without users' full knowledge or consent. In this video, we’re going to look into some of these questions.

What is surveillance capitalism, and how does it differ from traditional capitalism?

What is the concept of the "two texts" in the context of surveillance capitalism?

How does the collection of seemingly insignificant “surplus” data contribute to the power of surveillance capitalism?

What is the "privacy paradox," and how does it relate to individuals' use of technology and services offered by surveillance capitalists?

How does surveillance capitalism contribute to self-censorship, and what are the implications for democratic societies?

How can algorithms trained on biased data perpetuate and even amplify societal biases and/or biases of the creators of the algorithms?

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