So I hear Google pulled their speaker without giving any reason from @bgwebsummit where I’m giving the opening keynote.
Tsk, tsk.
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I understand, though. I’d feel ashamed too if I made money by spying on people’s lives & exploiting them and knew I’d get called out on it.
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And, to be honest, ashamed is exactly what they should be feeling. What they’re doing really isn’t socially acceptable.
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But don’t just leave it to me: if you see Google reps at conferences, ask them what they think of their business model & if they’re ashamed.
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And more conferences should ask themselves if they’re comfortable with how Google makes money via surveillance before inviting them to speak
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And if you do invite surveillance capitalists to speak at your conferences, challenge them. Ask them the difficult questions.
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(Unless, of course, your conference *is* a surveillance capitalism PR fest, as many of the largest ones are.)
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