Technology companies, such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and TikTok, are not only social media companies. At their core, they are primarily massive data collection companies which collect massive amounts of individuals’ public and private personal information.

When individuals share vacation photos on Facebook or search for birthday gifts on Google or use TikTok’s mobile app to share activities with a colleague, this information is collected, manipulated and assessed for the monetary benefit of the social media company.

Privacy of individuals’ information, a major concern of citizens of Western Europe and the United States, and nonexistent for citizens of Communist China and the Russian Federation, are a growing concern.