Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted January 17, 2020


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Surveillance capitalism

Big brother

by DR DIP

BIG BROTHER

Big brother is surely watching you
Unbeknownst to who?
You and me! They secretly pursue
 And you  wouldn't have a clue

Algorithms know everything
Can predict your likes and desires
Photo data that you post or fling
Are all that Facebook requires

Every day they collect your data
And sell to companies there of interest
This is just an inane starter
Your ignorance is blessed

Subliminal cues and word manipulation
Are used by social media now
Just by idle participation
Like 'Pokemon Go' they have you, wow

Surveillance capitalism monitors you
Using game players' locations
People playing the game they could pursue
Finding out your interests and vocations

This great scam is now exposed
Hidden by a game
No questions asked and none proposed
No pack drill and no name

Did you know there's a hidden mike
Oblivious to each user?
What you say and what you like
Heard by a home security abuser

We the ignorant have no idea
There is a hidden microphone
Let me make it perfectly clear
In private you're now not alone

If you find out or you detect
Big brother's hearing what you say
They'll deny so they self protect
Saying it's a game you don't have to play

Extracting data at their will
Knowing everything about you
With all the info that you instill
This surveillance dividend will scout you

Selling data is their ploy
Google,Facebook and the others
Simple things you might enjoy
Data surveillance one discovers

Don't you trust your i phone
Or your android for that matter
Free network drones in remote zones
Allows everyone to chatter

Exploitation and cyber exploration
Manipulating the young
Knowing everything about our y generation
Surveillance capitalism You've now been sprung!!

They've taken away our privacy
Stealing our personal data
Taken away from you and me
Let me be a Facebook martyr!

dip




Back on the 16th November 2019, my Facebook account of nine years was abruptly disabled by Facebook administration.
No specific reason given but just a Facebook security algorithm flagging me as contravening Facebook's promotion policy for promoting a one man, one off poetry recital show I did at my local arts theatre.
Apparently it is a no no to vigorously self promote on private message to friends about my upcoming show. You see I was supposed to create it as 'an event' and obviously pay a fee to Facebook to do this. Obviously this flagged their security algorithm and robotically assumed I was some sort of commercial abuser of their privacy laws I can only assume.
No warning or three strikes and you're out... just immediate disablement.
It was about this time that Facebook and google were going through huge legal suits.
and coincidentally Cambridge Analytica were outed for selling or on selling personal consumer data for profit..rather hypocritical don't you think.
This poem I wrote as I was listening to a doco on 'SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM' exposing these social networks such as google and Facebook.
BIG BROTHER IN SOCIAL NETWORKS IS WATCHING US AND KNOWS MORE ABOUT YOU THAN YOU THINK!

dip
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