The Cyber Solicitor

The Cyber Solicitor

Data Rights

What data rights are for (#2)

Systems, incentives and surveillance capitalism

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Mahdi Assan
Dec 13, 2024
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TL;DR

This newsletter is about the powerful digital systems that data rights are designed to protect you from. It looks at the system that underpins Facebook, how it works and its negative externalities.

Here are the key takeaways:

  • During the mid-to-late 2000s…

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