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David Burke

David Burke is the British Director of White Dot, the international campaign against television, and author of Spy TV: Just Who Is the Digital TV Revolution Overthrowing? (Slab-o-Concrete, 1999).

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Your TV is watching you

The interactive television revolution will mean more choice, more control and more freedom for the viewer, right? Wrong says the man behind White Dot – the campaign to switch off television – all it means is more ways for media corporations to keep tabs on your viewing habits and tailor their products to your tastes. Don’t believe him? Listen to what the corporations say…