![]() ![]() It revives Karl Marx’s old image of capitalism as a vampire that feeds on labor, but with an unexpected turn. She writes, quote, “At its core, surveillance capitalism is parasitic and self-referential. The book is titled The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. This is the focus of an explosive new book that argues big tech platforms like Facebook and Google are elephant poachers, and our personal data is ivory tusks. We end today’s show looking at how corporations have created a new kind of marketplace out of our private human experiences. This comes as a new report in Britain calls Facebook “digital gangsters.” ![]() ![]() Those are just two of the headlines this past week. Then They Tell Facebook.” That’s from The Wall Street Journal. “You Give Apps Personal Sensitive Information. “Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal.” That’s a headline in Computer Weekly. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!,, The War and Peace Report. ![]()
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