Eli Pariser
Writer
1980-12-17
Eli Pariser is an American writer and internet activist known for his work on digital civic engagement and online media ecosystems. He is widely known for cofounding Upworthy and for popularizing the term filter bubble.
Quotes by Eli Pariser
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The Google self and the Facebook self, in other words, are pretty different people. There's a big difference between you are what you click and you are what you share.
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The Google self and the Facebook self, in other words, are pretty different people. There's a big difference between you are what you click and you are what you share.
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Whether it's Facebook or Google or the other companies, that basic principle that users should be able to see and control information about them that they themselves have revealed to the companies is not baked into how the companies work. But it's bigger than privacy. Privacy is about what you're willing to reveal about yourself.
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If you Google some sites about the link between vaccines and autism, you can very quickly find that Google is repeating back to you your view about whether that link exists and not what scientists know, which is that there isn't a link between vaccines and autism. It's a feedback loop that's invisible.
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There's the idea that people should be able to control how the information that they're giving to websites is used and monetized in a more clear and powerful way. That's something that probably will need government action.
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