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PRIVACY IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND WIKILEAKS. Klara Adriana Tessa. “Gossip was spread by word of mouth and remained in the boundaries of that social circle” – Daniel J Solove.
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PRIVACY IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND WIKILEAKS Klara Adriana Tessa
“Gossip was spread by word of mouth and remained in the boundaries of that social circle” – Daniel J Solove
“Broad based exposure of personal information diminishes the ability to protect reputation by shaping the image that is presented to others” Daniel J Solove http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90v8-Vea-Q
Bentham’s panopticon • How power and surveillance operates in society • Makes us potential subjects of authoritive gaze
SHARING IS CARING • Intimate details of personal life
“Privacy (is) so thoughtlessly given away in our seduction by social media.” - A.C Grayling
Privacy policy FACEBOOK PRIVACY POLICY WORD COUNT 5,830 The United States Constitution 4,543
“Imagine that you are screaming to be heard in a loud environment when suddenly the music stops and everyone hears the end of your sentence. Most likely, they will turn to stare at you and you will turn beet red (unless exposure does not bother you).” – Danah Boyd
HACTIVISTS OF THE ANTI-WEB • Julian Assange – founder of WikiLeaks • WikiLeaks – online, international, non-profit • The people share government and organisational breaches • The media pick up the stories and research • The people know the truth
MEET JULIAN ASSANGE • MEET THE MAN WHO REVOLUTIONISED THE WAY IN WHICH NEWS CAN BE ATTAINED • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9xrO2Ch4Co
POWER • WikiLeaks is all about shifting the power from the ‘authorities’ to the ‘people’. • Our government has that power. The media has that power. And now, we have power.
Wikileaks business structure • Top-heavy management • Autocratic internally • Democratic externally
Old media – new media • Newspaper office – documents controlled, censored • Online office – free flow of information, lives forever, copied, ignores barriers of space and time
Phenomenon • New media power • “the major force of power at present is communication power” • globalisation of communication
The anti web • WikiLeaks reveals corruption and crimes against humanity from Governments • Governments try to shut down WikiLeaks • The people come to WikiLeaks side to keep the truth circulating • Now… that’s democracy 2.0
What do you think • Love him or hate him. • Whistle-blower or spy. • Hero or troublemaker. • Anderson: “WikiLeaks has released more classified documents than the rest of the world’s media combined” • Assange: “the rest of the world’s media is doing such a bad job that a little group of activists is able to release more of that type of information than the rest of all those combined”