Big Tech Money is Made From Reinforcing User’s Behaviors: Author Jane Hoffman

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Jane Hoffman, author of the book “Your Data; Their Billions,” explores Big Tech’s murky practice of profiting by selling users’ personal data. Hoffman said besides cashing in on a person’s online activity, companies like Google and Facebook reinforce political behaviors that deepen divisions in society.

“You only see things that reinforce your current behavior. And politically, we may think of it as the splinternet rather than the internet, because people are being divided by their behavior and their online activities,” Hoffman said during a recent interview with NTD Capitol Report.

Dr. Robert Epstein, a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology in California who has conducted rigorous studies of online manipulation, has also found that Big Tech is manipulating users and creating more political division.

He said Big Tech is currently accountable to no one, “And yet, they hold in their hands the power to change thinking behavior on a massive scale. The power, in close elections anyway, to pick the winner in country after country after country.”

Meanwhile, Hoffman said the average person, including teens, spends over 4 hours on their device each day but other statistics show a much more disturbing trend.

According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted from Jan. 25 to Feb. 8, 2021, 31 percent of adults reported being on an internet-connected device “almost constantly.” This all translates into more profits for Big Tech.

“Are we going to be just living in a Metaverse? Which is what Facebook would like, so that we’re communicating to each other online with these personas that we create,” said Hoffman.

“They make their money on advertising and selling the data. So, they make their money not through a subscription model, but through owning your data and selling it.”

According to MarketWatch Big Tech scored a “$1.4 trillion payday” during the pandemic. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft increased their profits by 45 percent in 2021.

By Masooma Haq and Steve Lance

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