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This image was allowed in the 70's, and now we're not allowed anymore to post it on Facebook. What would this mean for the dutch culture? Would we become more prudish? Or would our image on nudity change?
I think the problem is not about storing data. I think it's about the use of data and what corporations do with it. Because for me, data is data and it's just a neutral product. And I think it's the systems actually that are flawed and discriminate users from seeing certain information.
So I'm not in control over what I perceive. And my information is being withheld from me, based on what the algorithm knows about me.
We're always talking about how we can protect ourselves, but we never talk about against what.
I thought a good idea was to visualise these user generated profiles
These data profiles almost become your virtual identity. And you can almost say instead of 'what you eat is who you are' it's 'what you generate is who you are'.
One time they thought I was 65 years old. One time they thought I was a man.
Because I'm a girl, I'm only seeing lingerie ads.
And because I'm in China, I'm not able to tweet.
I always believe that if you personally involve someone in your project then the topic becomes much more relatable and it makes it more understandable as well.