WhatsApp Bans and Digital Slavery: Are We Becoming Bonded Labourers of Tech Companies?

They have gone from promising freedom with technology to demanding serfdom with clocks THE NEW WEEKS OF TIME WANT YOUR LIFE Entering Google no longer wants to change the world: it wants to squeeze it until there is not a free hour left in your calendar. Sergey Brin, co-founder of the company that promised to organize the information of the world, now joins the sect of magnates who dream of human meat factories working 60 hours a week without rec…

Big Tech’s business model remains untouchable, with data commercialization reshaping the global scenario The post Data commercialization should be banned, like slavery, argues economist appeared first on Monitor Mercantil.

Jio made us taste cheap data and then addicted to it and loosened our pockets. Today WhatsApp is on the same path — “first give free, then enslave, then loot”. It is time for us to become digital citizens, not just users — aware, organized and fighting for rights. Imagine [...] The post WhatsApp Ban and Digital Slavery: Are We Becoming Bonded Labourers of Tech Companies? Appeared first on Up18 News.