Data Propaganda

First call to action from a Silicon Valley firm.

This is surveillance. And these stockpiles of personal data serve only to enrich the companies that collect them,” he said. “This should make us very uncomfortable. It should unsettle us.

Tim Cook calls for US federal privacy law to tackle ‘weaponized’ personal data – The Guardian Too bad they come {five} years too late (have you heard of Cambridge Analytica, Palantir, Snowden?) and after the European Union devised its own set of rules they can’t dodge.