About this episode

Sarah Lamdan discusses the industry surrounding personal data and its implications for inequality and democracy.

In Data Cartels , legal scholar Sarah Lamdan exposes the shadowy industry built around collecting, packaging, and selling our personal data. She reveals how powerful companies hoard information and use aggressive tactics to maintain control—turning data into a commodity that can deepen inequality and restrict the democratic flow of knowledge. Heather Joseph , executive director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) speaks with Lamdan about the hidden power structures behind the data economy. Grab your copy of Data Cartels : https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33205 This conversation was recorded on 11/30/2022. Watch the full video recording at: https://archive.org/details/book-talk-data-cartels Check out all of the Future Knowledge episodes at https://archive.org/details/future-knowledge

People in this episode

Host: Heather Joseph

Guest: Sarah Lamdan

Topics covered

• data economy
• personal data
• inequality
• democracy
• information control

Keywords

• data cartels
• personal data
• information hoarding
• inequality
• democratic knowledge

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, Internet Archive, Authors Alliance

Books & works: Data Cartels

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