Smartphones and Social Media: A Mass Surveillance Dystopia
Smartphones and Social Media: A Mass Surveillance Dystopia  
Podcast: Academy of Ideas
Published On: Sat Oct 30 2021
Description: In the book The Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt describes the rudimentary mass surveillance system used by the secret police force of the Russian Empire. “Every suspect was noted on a large card in the center of which his name was surrounded by a red circle; his political friends were designated by smaller red circles […] The post Smartphones and Social Media: A Mass Surveillance Dystopia first appeared on Academy of Ideas.