Democratic Control of Information in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

TY - JOUR

T1 - Democratic Control of Information in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

AU - Sangiovanni, Andrea

PY - 2019/5/1

Y1 - 2019/5/1

N2 - Carol Gould's article offers a powerful argument against the sufficiency of informed consent in an age of surveillance capitalism. In this review, I assess the three main claims that Gould makes in her article, namely that (1) democratic control is required by the all-affected principle; (2) democratic control is a means of ensuring that surveillance corporations and governments track public, rather than merely private, interests; and (3) democratic control is constitutive of freedom as self-development and self-transformation.

AB - Carol Gould's article offers a powerful argument against the sufficiency of informed consent in an age of surveillance capitalism. In this review, I assess the three main claims that Gould makes in her article, namely that (1) democratic control is required by the all-affected principle; (2) democratic control is a means of ensuring that surveillance corporations and governments track public, rather than merely private, interests; and (3) democratic control is constitutive of freedom as self-development and self-transformation.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063728484&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/japp.12363

DO - 10.1111/japp.12363

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85063728484

SN - 0264-3758

VL - 36

SP - 212

EP - 216

JO - Journal of Applied Philosophy

JF - Journal of Applied Philosophy

IS - 2

ER -