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Digital Panopticon: How Surveillance Capitalism Became the New Normal

Shoshana Zuboff warned us. Edward Snowden proved it. From Google's data harvest to China's social credit system, from PRISM to facial recognition -- how total surveillance became a business model, a governance tool, and the defining feature of modern life.

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Daniel Whitmore

April 3, 2026

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Digital Panopticon: How Surveillance Capitalism Became the New Normal

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#Surveillance#Privacy#Edward Snowden#PRISM#Facial Recognition#Social Credit#Big Tech#Data Brokers
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Daniel Whitmore

Investigative journalist covering global finance, power structures, and geopolitics. Former Reuters correspondent.

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