Dear all,
as a DHer I was particularly struck by this report by Amnesty on surveillance giants:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol30/1404/2019/en/
"But despite the real value of the services they provide, Google and Facebook’s platforms come at a systemic cost. The companies’ surveillance-based business model forces people to make a Faustian bargain, whereby they are only able to enjoy their human rights online by submitting to a system predicated on human rights abuse."
As some of you already know, I've been criticizing the political and social role of these platforms since long ago. And I'm increasingly wondering how the DH community - and especially our global community - can remain silent in the face of documented violations of human rights. Beacause this is exactly what's going on. It's not just about data.
Would make any sense to start a discussion here on how to respond as digital scholars to these (not anymore just epistemological or cultural) abuses?
Or should we just go on, using Google and Facebook as those and other documented abuses did not exist?
Sconsolatamente Vostro,
Domenico