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+tags: [ecopolsoc, internet, surveillance-capitalism]
+created: Sunday, December 01, 2024
+---
+
+# a247fa9b_surveillance_capitalism_not_necessary
+
+_Surveillance capitalism is neither a necessary development of information
+capitalism nor a necessary product of digital technology or the internet. It is
+a specifically constructed human choice, an unprecedented market form, an
+original solution to an emergency, and the underlying mechanism through which a
+new asset class is created on the cheap and converted to revenue._
+
+_The Age of Surveillance Capitalism_ (2019): 91

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+---
+tags: [ecopolsoc, internet, surveillance-capitalism]
+created: Sunday, December 01, 2024
+---
+
+# fbbfbc32-political-accommodation-inveigelment-surveillance-capitalism
+
+The reason why surveillance capitalism was able to take root when it did was not
+merely down to technological forces. Google, as the originator of the form, was
+able to exploit the political currents of the time to further innoculate itself
+against scrutiny and oversight.
+
+The discovery of behavioural surplus coincided with September 11 and the
+subsequent "global war on terror". The quest for domestic "security" led to the
+sweeping erosion of previous generations' privacy rights.
+
+Prior to 911, the FCC had been arranging a series of legal challenges to Google
+on the question of privacy. This went out the window in the post-911 era where
+Google's unique ability to track and surveil online behaviour became a coveted
+commodity for the intelligence apparatus. Google began working closely with both
+the CIA and the NSA, with the CIA establishing an office and forward base in
+Silicon Valley.
+
+There was an deep interdependency between the Pentagon, intelligence agencies
+and Google:
+
+_The US intelligence community's incubation of Google from inception occurred
+through a combination of direct sponsorship and informal networks of financial
+influence, themselves closely aligned with Pentagon interests._ (118)
+
+Another key aspect was cosying up to politicians during the electoral cycle.
+Most notably during Obama's elections:
+
+_Google demonstrated that the same predictive knowledge derived from behavioural
+surplus that had made the surveillance capitalists wealthy could also help
+candidates win elections_.(122)
+
+Eric Schmidt took an active role in making Google's dataset and technologies
+available to the Obama campaign in both of his elections in order to target
+voters more accurately. He then was swiftly appointed to advisory roles within
+the administration throughout both terms.

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zk/a247fa9b_surveillance_capitalism_not_necessary.md

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+---
+tags: [ecopolsoc, internet, surveillance-capitalism]
+created: Sunday, December 01, 2024
+---
+
+# a247fa9b_surveillance_capitalism_not_necessary
+
+_Surveillance capitalism is neither a necessary development of information
+capitalism nor a necessary product of digital technology or the internet. It is
+a specifically constructed human choice, an unprecedented market form, an
+original solution to an emergency, and the underlying mechanism through which a
+new asset class is created on the cheap and converted to revenue._
+
+_The Age of Surveillance Capitalism_ (2019): 91

zk/fbbfbc32-political-accommodation-inveigelment-surveillance-capitalism.md

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+---
+tags: [ecopolsoc, internet, surveillance-capitalism]
+created: Sunday, December 01, 2024
+---
+
+# fbbfbc32-political-accommodation-inveigelment-surveillance-capitalism
+
+The reason why surveillance capitalism was able to take root when it did was not
+merely down to technological forces. Google, as the originator of the form, was
+able to exploit the political currents of the time to further innoculate itself
+against scrutiny and oversight.
+
+The discovery of behavioural surplus coincided with September 11 and the
+subsequent "global war on terror". The quest for domestic "security" led to the
+sweeping erosion of previous generations' privacy rights.
+
+Prior to 911, the FCC had been arranging a series of legal challenges to Google
+on the question of privacy. This went out the window in the post-911 era where
+Google's unique ability to track and surveil online behaviour became a coveted
+commodity for the intelligence apparatus. Google began working closely with both
+the CIA and the NSA, with the CIA establishing an office and forward base in
+Silicon Valley.
+
+There was an deep interdependency between the Pentagon, intelligence agencies
+and Google:
+
+_The US intelligence community's incubation of Google from inception occurred
+through a combination of direct sponsorship and informal networks of financial
+influence, themselves closely aligned with Pentagon interests._ (118)
+
+Another key aspect was cosying up to politicians during the electoral cycle.
+Most notably during Obama's elections:
+
+_Google demonstrated that the same predictive knowledge derived from behavioural
+surplus that had made the surveillance capitalists wealthy could also help
+candidates win elections_.(122)
+
+Eric Schmidt took an active role in making Google's dataset and technologies
+available to the Obama campaign in both of his elections in order to target
+voters more accurately. He then was swiftly appointed to advisory roles within
+the administration throughout both terms.