What happens when our children can reach the entire world and the entire world can reach our children via the Internet? And what happens when app companies and search engines collect and store data about every person's usage on the Internet?
This Insider Alerts explores fascinating statistics about global internet usage for the US and China. Did you know that 90% of the world's data has been created in the last two years? The explosion of information has been astounding.
We also look at the impact of artificial intelligence and your personal data gathered by app companies, and the ubiquitous tug of war by governments, private corporations, and financial institutions to monopolize, control and monetize your personal data. Do you realize how much personal information they are gathering on you and using to make money? They have been gathering active and passive data including photo ID of the users and their location (think of TikTok and children) for a long time. Where does this data go and how is it used?
Impacting all of these factors is a global race to dominate the crypto currency market tied to social media, online purchase transactions and artificial intelligence.
Watch the video below and learn more from Opal has she takes a fascinating deeper dive into all of this and what it means to you and your children.
Additional suggested viewing (click on the title to link to watch):
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations. (Netflix / 2020)
The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and how they do it. The Creepy Line takes the conversation about data privacy and control further than ever before by examining what Google and Facebook do once they control a user's data. (Amazon Prime / 2018)