Surveillance Capitalism

Meta’s New Patent Is About Something Far Worse Than Privacy

Meta’s new patent describes an AI device that monitors medication adherence and tracks emotional states. The privacy debate is a distraction. The real story is that Meta is patenting a pipeline to commodify human vulnerability—turning your sadness, anxiety, and recovery into a data product for advertisers. This isn’t surveillance. It’s emotional extraction at industrial scale.

The Secret Weapon Against Big Tech Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Maine librarians are quietly becoming the frontline defense against AI and Big Tech. By teaching digital literacy, privacy tools, and data sovereignty, they’re turning public libraries into the last non-monetized information ecosystem. This is the story of how a traditional institution is fighting back against surveillance capitalism—and winning.