The Fertile Dark Matter of Privacy takes on the Dark Patterns of Surveillance
September 11, 2025
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D. Mulligan, Priscilla M. Regan, J. King
This research argues that privacy's strength lies in its role in protecting individual autonomy, freedom, dignity, fairness, and the collective value of privacy. While current conditions have diminished privacy as a lived practice, these same conditions are fostering a resurgence of interest in privacy as a means to address harms. The authors call for regulatory approaches that shape the corporate, social, and political landscape to protect the collective and public value of privacy.
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