[Ads-l] panopticontent

[Ben Zimmer]

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https://slate.com/technology/2026/02/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-glasses-school.html
Steffi Cao, Slate, Feb. 12, 2026
Of course, the fear of being recorded without consent didn’t start with
Meta glasses. After all, this is the age of panopticontent, when one
unconsenting clip of you could become a viral meme or the lightning rod for
a global investigation of your character, all depending on how you were
caught on camera.
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This links to a piece that evidently coined the term:

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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/viral-tiktok-consent-panopticontent
Clarissa-Jan Lim, BuzzFeed News, Feb. 8, 2023
This is the age of _panopticontent_ -- everything is content for the
creating, and everyone is a nonplayer character in my world.
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--bgz

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