Tag: General Data Protection Regulation

  • Should Big Tech Own Our Personal Data?

    By Steven Hill, Wired, February 13, 2019

    Personal data is increasingly a core part of our personhood. Which is why the “service for data” model is a devil’s bargain.

    Facebook, Twitter and Google seem to take turns making the wrong kinds of headlines. Last month it was Google’s turn. The company was fined $57 million by a French regulatory agency, the first time a large Silicon Valley company has been penalized for violating the European Union’s new privacy rules known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).…

  • WA Post: How to rein in Big Tech

    By Steven Hill, Washington Post, January 7, 2019

    Self-regulation by Internet-based companies clearly has not worked. The best way to harness our digital future is to use technology itself to apply established business principles for regulating Big Tech.

    Every month, new controversies emerge regarding Facebook, Google, Twitter and other Internet-based companies.…