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Fast Capitalism· 2026

Soft Surveillance: A Growth of Mandatory Volunteerism in Collecting Personal Information — “Hey Buddy Can You Spare a DNA?”

Gary T. Marx

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New forms of non-coercive social control allow private and public actors to collect personal information without explicit consent, leveraging social values like patriotism and voluntarism.

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