WEB 2.0 Zuboff surveillance capitalism as Google fined 44m

Lengthy feature (but tad quicker than reading the 600 page book!), but a tightly argued argument against technotopians

'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism.

And lo and behold, here's a major sign of governmental concern and fightback against the FAANGS ( Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google, Spotify) seizing of user data, the surveillance that Zuboff warns of. No surprise that this comes from Europe - France has fined Google e44m. As Google's breaches are ongoing that could rise to 4% of global revenue, so the already record 44m fine could eventually rise to 4bn!
Google fined record £44m by French data protection watchdog.

Rupert Murdoch will be rather pleased with this - he continues to complain bitterly about (especially) Facebook and Google's use of and profiting from his print media.