Big tech is exploiting the mental health crisis to monetize your data

Anna-Verena Nosthoff, Felix Maschewski and Nick Couldry

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Abstract: Tech giants like Apple, Google, and Amazon are increasingly developing apps and services offering mental health treatment. The value of these products for users is dubious — but they do promise the companies lucrative new sources of highly personal data.

JEL-codes: J01 N0 R14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 2023-12-01
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Published in Jacobin, 1, December, 2023. ISSN: 2158-2602

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