surveillance capitalism

Conspiracy theories tagged "surveillance capitalism."

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Social Media Deliberately Engineered for Addiction

Former Facebook president Sean Parker and others have confirmed that social media platforms were deliberately engineered to exploit psychological vulnerabilities and maximize addictive use.

2009 · United States · Sean Parker (Facebook), B.J. Fogg (behavioral design), Tristan Harris

Confirmed Economics & Society

CIA In-Q-Tel / Intelligence Funding of Silicon Valley

The CIA's investment arm In-Q-Tel has confirmed investments in Google (early-stage), Palantir, and dozens of data and surveillance technology firms, blurring the line between Big Tech and intelligence.

1999 · United States · In-Q-Tel, CIA, Google (early)

Unresolved Economics & Society

Silicon Valley Predictive Programming / Social Engineering

Claims that Big Tech uses data harvesting and algorithmic prediction to manipulate public behavior at scale. From Facebook experiments to Cambridge Analytica, the evidence examined.

2010 · United States · Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel