Meet the people fighting surveillance capitalism
summary
Looks at concrete fights and tactics: shows Cambridge Analytica using 50 million Facebook profiles for personality-targeted political ads, whistleblowers exposing algorithmic amplification and real-world harm, and journalists uncovering opaque ad buys that hide who saw what. Describes hands-on defenses — crypto parties in 59 countries teaching Signal, Tor, FreedomBox — and policy wins like India blocking Free Basics and regulators using GDPR Article 9 to pursue microtargeting breaches. Explains tools, numbers, and legal routes, and which efforts actually changed outcomes.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to surveillance capitalism
- 7:18People fighting back
- 8:00Crypto Party hosts
- 12:19Whistleblowers exposing manipulation
- 18:43Net neutrality campaigners
- 25:26Data regulation enforcers
- 31:00Summary of movements
- 32:23Closing and resources
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