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In her remarks to McGill’s 2024 graduating class of engineers, urban planners and architects, Professor Zuboff says they must, “…stop solving for surveillance capitalism, and start solving for humanity.”
Professor Zuboff joins Maria Ressa, Nobel Prize winner and CEO, Rappler in a conversation moderated by Dan Thomas, Global Media Editor, Financial Times.
Deutsche Welle: Who’s Winning the Legal Battle Against Big Data and Disinformation? | 03/03/23
Professor Zuboff and surveillance capitalism are featured in an episode of Business Beyond from Germany’s public broadcaster.
Bloomberg Technology: Midterms’ Impact on Big Tech | 11/08/22
Professor Zuboff is interviewed by Emily Chang on election day to discuss why she believes the Midterms are a milestone in a two-decade social experiment in which democracy abdicated citizens’ information and communication spaces to private companies.
Professor Zuboff delivers a keynote address to an audience of policy makers, representatives of EU institutions, regulators, academia and civil society.
Unfinished Live: Surveillance Capitalism or Democracy? The Death Match | 09/22/22
The abdication of digital information and communication spaces to surveillance capitalism has become the meta-crisis of every republic because it obstructs solutions to all other crises. While the liberal democracies have begun to engage with the challenges of regulating today’s privately owned information spaces, the sober truth is that the challenge is even more fundamental. Keynote speech is followed by a discussion with Baratunde Thurston.
Efecto Naím: Interview with Moisés Naím (in English or Spanish) | 08/22/22
Professor Zuboff is interviewed at length by renown journalist Moisés Naím in an episode of Efecto Naím dedicated to the topic of surveillance capitalism.
Age of Economics | 05/20/22
Professor Zuboff discusses the nature, history, and impact of economics as a discipline and in practice.
World Press Freedom Day Global Conference 2022 – Opening Ceremony | 05/02/22
Professor Zuboff delivers a keynote address in the opening talk show for the conference that was streamed at events around the world. An adapted version of this speech was also published in TIME: Democracy Can Still End Big Tech’s Dominance Over Our Lives.
Europe Calling “DSA Deal: A constitution for the internet!”| 04/27/22
Professor Zuboff joins MEP Alexandra Geese, digital expert Markus Beckedahl, and German State Secretary Sven Giegold to discuss the agreement on the EU’s Digital Services Act.
DSA EU | 09/06/21
Moderated by Jennifer Baker, Professor Zuboff joins MEP Christel Schadelmose, MEP Patrick Breyer, Werner Stengg, David Reichel, and Christoph Schmon to discuss the Digital Services Act.
DIE ZEIT | 09/01/21
Professor Zuboff joins Ann Kathrin Nezik to discuss how democracy is under attack.
GERMAN GREEN PARTY EU | 06/28/21
Professor Zuboff discusses how to regain control of our data with MEP Alexandra Geese, MEP Sven Giegold, and Max Schrems.
QUEEN MARY OF LONDON | 06/17/21
Professor Zuboff delivers an address about the consequences of surveillance capitalism.
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS SUMMIT | 05/28/21
Professor Zuboff joins Franscesca Bria and Paul Twomey to discuss human-centric digital governance.
HIKMA SUMMIT | 05/16/21
Professor Zuboff urges students to lead the fight against surveillance capitalism.
DEMOCRACY NOW! | 05/06/21
Professor Zuboff reacts to the FB Oversight Board’s decision to uphold Trump’s indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram.
CBSN | 05/05/21
Professor Zuboff highlights how the FB Oversight Board’s decision to uphold Trump’s indefinite suspension from its social media platforms is a distraction from the conversation we should actually be having: the need for government to regulate big tech.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY | 03/31/21
Professor Zuboff joins other scholars to discuss what steps the Biden-Harris administration could take to close the “digital divide gap” in America.
BLOOMBERG | 03/25/21
Professor Zuboff joins Emily Chang to commend Congress for standing up to big tech at the March 25th House hearings.
UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND | 03/25/21
Professor Zuboff joins other scholars to discuss the role of government and public policy in upholding rule-of-law procedures and human rights.
AMANPOUR & CO. PBS | 02/20/21
Professor Zuboff joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the rights we need to protect citizens from big data surveillance.
UK PARLIAMENT | 02/18/21
Professor Zuboff urges Britain to lead the world in establishing a comprehensive regulatory regime to oversee and transform surveillance empires.
CHANNEL 4 NEWS UK | 02/18/21
Professor Zuboff joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss how the Australia-Facebook dispute should be a wake up call to all governments about tech giants’ control.
WARWICK ECONOMICS SUMMIT | 02/07/21
Professor Zuboff delivers a keynote on the history and dangers of surveillance capitalism.
DIE ZEIT | 02/04/21
Professor Zuboff joins Dr. Uwe Jean Heuser to discuss how to defend democracy and the rule of law in the face of challenges in the digital age.
MORNING JOE | 02/02/21
Professor Zuboff joins Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist, and Mika Brzezinski to discuss how big tech threatens democracy.
NWO SYNERGY ’21 | 01/29/21
Andrew Makkinga interviews Professor Zuboff about surveillance capitalism.
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM | 12/15/20
Professor Zuboff’s honorary doctorate acceptance speech.
EU PARLIAMENT KEYNOTE 2020, ANNUAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURE | 12/9/20
This is the full recording of the STOA Annual Lecture that took place on 9 December 2020.
FES GlOBAL INTERVIEW | 11/24/20
Covid-19 is causing major disruption. Digital technologies have been a central aspect of our response to the pandemic, allowing us to stay connected, work and learn from home and keep businesses operating.
THE REAL FACEBOOK OVERSIGHT BOARD | 11/05/20
As a member of the RFOB, Professor Zuboff demands that Facebook implement standards of best practice to stop Trump from spreading disinformation about the election.
LA SEXTA INTERVIEW | 10/11/20
Professor Zuboff explains how digital platforms extract information and manipulate us for big tech’s economic benefit.
ROTMAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT | 9/25/20
Shoshana Zuboff, Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emerita, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate – Berkman Centre for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School; New York Times “Notable Book of the Year” Author
BODLEIAN LIBRARIES SESSIONS (Day 3) | 9/18/20
Professor Zuboff explains how the shift from an industrial to an information civilization has altered the key principles of our social order from a division of labor to a division of learning.
CNN AMANPOUR & CO | 7/29/2020
“Should Congress Crack Down on Big Tech?” Professor Zuboff Joins Christiane and former Amazon VP Tim Bray in a discussion about current antitrust hearings.
RIGHTSCON 7/28/20
In conversation with Shoshana Zuboff, Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emerita at Harvard Business School, and author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
LA NACIÓN INTERVIEW | 07/11/20
Professor Zuboff discusses the history of surveillance capitalism, from Google to Pokemon Go, with Luciana Vásquez.
FRONTLINE AMAZON | 2/18/2020
As politicians and regulators start to consider the global impact of Amazon–and how to rein in Bezo’s power–FRONTLINE investigates how he built one of the the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world.
VPRO DOCUMENTARY | 12/20/2019
“The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” reveals how the biggest tech companies deal with our data. How do we regain control of our data? What is surveillance capitalism?
FRONTLINE IN THE AGE OF AI| 12/2/2019
“In the Age of AI:” The promise and perils of AI, from fears about work and privacy to the U.S.-China rivalry featuring Shoshana Zuboff.
THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND IDEAS 11/18/19
Human nature in the 21st century is under threat. Professor Zuboff examines the unprecedented form of power called “Surveillance Capitalism”.
SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY | 11/11/19
Alexander Von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society.
CHANNEL 4 NEWS (UK) | 9/23/2019
Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism and how tech companies are always watching us.
QUARTZ | 7/1/2019
Shoshana Zuboff on how your metadata is a threat to democracy.
DEMOCRACY NOW | 3/1/2019
Corporations have created a new kind of marketplace out of our private human experiences. That is the conclusion of an explosive new book that argues big tech platforms like Facebook and Google are elephant poachers, and our personal data is ivory tusks.