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Which American author wrote the 2013 novel 'The Circle,' depicting a tech company that monopolizes personal data collection?
Answer
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers published 'The Circle' in 2013, imagining a Silicon Valley company whose data-collection practices closely mirrored real moves already underway at firms like Google and Facebook.
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David Eggers' The Circle, published in 2013, depicted a tech company monopoly collecting personal data—companies like Google and Facebook had already begun doing exactly that.
Other options people guess
- Gary Shteyngart
- Jonathan Franzen
- Cory Doctorow
Topics
- dystopian-fiction
- technology
- 2010s
- novels
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