FCC set to fine big telecom companies for selling location data. Is $200 million enough?
Lab Director Siva Vaidhyanathan comments on FCC fines issued to top cell phone carriers for selling customer's real-time location data.
The Deliberative Media Lab focused on democracies that have experienced cultural and political strife influenced and amplified by social media and reduced public deliberation. The Lab explored the historical, cultural, and technological roots of our media ecosystem, and sought solutions for enhancing global democratic deliberation.
Lab Director Siva Vaidhyanathan comments on FCC fines issued to top cell phone carriers for selling customer's real-time location data.
This essay, by lab director Siva Vaidhyanathan, accompanies the Evil List, Slate’s poll of experts on the most worrisome companies in tech.