Overview
The emergence of social media pages has transformed the role of the Internet by increasing its impact on our lives. Suddenly, we have multiple digital diaries that record our interactions with specific interests while sharing them with millions of unknown entities directly or through intermediary applications that collect users’ data. We have already seen what the impact of social media data analysis could have on political campaigns. However, we haven’t explored how that data could be used for surveillance or other uses.
Please review the following material and then reflect on how, through appealing to cultural traditions, accepted social behavior. Within the boundaries of the law, digital entities can use the data collected for objectives that are not at the top of the mind of the average Internet user.
The total word count across all questions should exceed 600 words.
- A Tik-Tok-ing Timebomb: How TikTok's Global Platform Anomalies Align with the Chinese Communist Party's Geostrategic Objectives, NCRI and Rutgers: https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.21.23.pdf
- The Social Dilemma, Netflix (Trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0
- Terms and Conditions May Apply (login via NYU libraries): https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/terms-and-conditions-may-apply
- Terms and Conditions May Apply (Trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzyafieRcWE