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Free Search and Social: We Are Not the Product—We Are Underpaid Workers

People are more than just parts of an algorithm

Illustration of a computer with a privacy lock — We are neither digital products nor possessors of a fungible currency that represents the marginal value of our data.Getty Images

September 8, 2020

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An invitation to walk in the Labor Day Parade got me thinking about labor law as an alternative path to meaningful data privacy regulation.

Shelly Palmer

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Adweek opinion contributor Shelly Palmer is CEO of The Palmer Group, a strategic advisory, technology solutions and business development practice focused at the nexus of media and marketing with a special emphasis on machine learning and data-driven decision-making.

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Free Search and Social: We Are Not the Product—We Are Underpaid Workers

People are more than just parts of an algorithm

Shelly Palmer

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