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20 Talks - Carrisa Véliz: Associate Professor at the University of Oxford

Carissa Velez
Leonardo Cervera Navas

This is a special episode of ‘20 Talks’ with Mrs Carrisa Véliz. In her thought-provoking book Privacy is Power, Carissa Véliz sheds light on the dangers of surveillance capitalism and the urgent need to protect our privacy in today's digital age. The book has a been a core of the discussion as she has been arguing that personal data has become a toxic product, exploited by tech companies for profit, and calls for reforms such as banning personalised advertising, protecting children online, and empowering data protection authorities. This episode is available for Spanish speaking audience.

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Carissa Véliz

Associate Professor at the University of Oxford

Carissa Véliz is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Mr Véliz graduated in philosophy from the University of Salamanca, completed a master's degree in philosophy at the CUNY graduate centre in New York, and received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford, where she currently works at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.