Section 3.12

There are many excellent documentaries and videos on personal data protection and privacy that have been created.  The following list contains video options.  Please review them before using in your classroom and ensure that the content follows the guidelines of your school and district.

• The Facebook Dilemma by Frontline (PBS) : "The promise of Facebook was to create a more open and connected world. But from the company’s failure to protect millions of users’ data, to the proliferation of “fake news” and disinformation, mounting crises have raised the question: Is Facebook more harmful than helpful? This major, two-night event investigates a series of warnings to Facebook as the company grew from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room to a global empire. With dozens of original interviews and rare footage, The Facebook Dilemma examines the powerful social media platform’s impact on privacy and democracy in the U.S. and around the world. "

• Hacking Democracy:  "The film the voting machine corporations don’t want you to see.

HACKING DEMOCRACY follows tenacious Seattle grandmother / investigator, Bev Harris, and her band of extraordinary citizen-activists as they set out to answer one simple question:  How does America count its votes? 

Proving America's votes can be stolen without a trace culminates in a duel between the Diebold corporation's voting machines and a computer hacker from Finland – with America’s democracy at stake."

• The Power of Privacy:  From The Guardian.  "In this documentary, journalist Aleks Krotoski travels the world to explore the challenges of digital privacy in the 21st century and to discover how we can take back control of our personal and professional lives. "

• Full Series of "The Power of Privacy" Videos from The Guardian:  A series of 13 documentary videos on privacy in a digital age.