How much money is Big Tech really making from your data?

from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

As the world waits for an agreement between Iran and the US, another middle east peace deal is hanging by a thread. Six months on from the ceasefire in Gaza, with hundreds more civilians dead, US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is failing in its mission to disarm Hamas and begin the reconstruction of the bombed out territory, leaving two million Palestinians stuck in limbo. If you use the internet, you know Big Tech is harvesting your data with every click, but did you know that information is worth more than two-hundred and twenty thousand dollars over your lifetime? And with the advent of AI, human data has an even higher premium. So, is surveillance the price we pay for technology, or is there a way to take back control? A new documentary, We Are Not Powerless, screening at the Sydney Film Festival tells the story of two young Afghan refugees stranded in Indonesia but determined not to waste a moment.