Data is the new pollution

Data is the new pollution 

Even as the world believes that data is the new oil, he thinks data is the new pollution and points out how he refuses to use free services like Gmail that are extracting our data and eroding privacy.

“There is a new digital divide now — it is not between those who have access, and those who do not, but one between those who can escape the clutches of the internet and those who cannot afford to do so,” he says.

Keen feels it is possible to fix it all.

There are five ways to do so, he says.

·         Regulation, and governments are already stepping up as evidenced by actions on Facebook and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation),

·         Through Innovation,

·         Through Consumer Activism,

·         Through Citizen Engagement and

·         Through Education.

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