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I am a 30-year computer repair veteran and technology enthusiast. This is a personally driven community presentation based on my work experience on the effects of current forms of technology. In it, I argue that big players like Google and Facebook build predictive profiles that are then sold to advertisers, who then attempt to influence individual behavior for commercial/political gain. These business models have quietly reshaped society without public knowledge or consent. Surveillance Capitalism is not an inevitable feature of modern life, but a specific and correctable situation, one that requires informed and persistent civic engagement to reverse. Please join me to protect the next generation from corporate agendas that are advancing predatory practices. This is your fight.

This community-driven in presentation examines how major technology companies like Google and Facebook create predictive user profiles to influence behavior creating a power differential between corporations and society. The goal is to raise public awareness around Surveillance Capitalism — a situation that is not an inevitable feature of modern technology and changeable through civic engagement.

I will cover how these systems work, why they matter for future generations, and what individuals and communities can do to push back against corporate practices that prioritize profit over people.

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