Understanding the Power Behind Modern Data

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Perplexity AI’s Publisher Problem: Search Engine or Data Harvesting Operation

Perplexity AI's rapid ascent—now valued at $3 billion—masks a fundamental surveillance architecture that psychological profiling…

How Spotify’s AI DJ Knows You’re Depressed Before You Do

Spotify's AI DJ feature recently expanded to analyze listener mood in real-time, automatically adjusting song…

Discord’s Quiet Transformation into a Youth Surveillance Platform

In 2019, Discord positioned itself as the anti-Facebook: a privacy-conscious alternative where gamers could chat without corporate surveillance. The company's CEO explicitly rejected algorithmic feeds and targeted advertising. Six years…

Google’s Gemini Memory Feature: The Industrial Consolidation of Cambridge Analytica’s Playbook

Google announced a new "Memory" feature for Gemini that stores user preferences, personal facts, and interaction patterns across Gmail, YouTube,…

Britain’s Post-Brexit Privacy Collapse: How the UK Abandoned Cambridge Analytica’s Lessons

The UK's decision to weaken GDPR compliance post-Brexit represents something more dangerous than regulatory rollback—it's institutional amnesia about what behavioral…

The FTC’s $5 Billion Facebook Settlement: Why Zuckerberg’s Punishment Actually Validated Cambridge Analytica’s Business Model

The Federal Trade Commission's 2019 settlement with Facebook—a record $5 billion fine—was presented as historic accountability. In reality, it was…

California’s Privacy Law Became a Surveillance Blueprint: How CPRA Amendments Preserved the Data Extraction Machine

California's Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) was supposed to correct the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—to close loopholes and strengthen…