LAW & CRIME

The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age

Norton. Oct. 2022. 304p. ISBN 9780393882315. $30. LAW
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The internet has changed the world forever. It’s an era when the norm is to overshare everything, but what about the secrets that people do not want others to know? Citron (law, Univ. of Virginia; vice president, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative) details shocking stories and global statistics about intimate privacy violations, which disproportionately affect underrepresented groups, especially women and the LGBTQIA+ community. In the United States, people are not protected from anyone exposing intimate details and images from their dating and sex lives or mining data from phone apps and releasing personal information that can ruin lives. The author lays the groundwork in this book for everyone to fight both legally and socially for change in the U.S.
VERDICT Anyone who is deeply involved with using the internet in any form should pick up this book. It is important for everyone to understand how intimate privacy violations affect its victims and why the fight to make a change needs to happen as people continue to live their lives online.
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