| KRATKA VSEBINA | Filozof Jeremy Bentham je v 18. stoletju zasnoval svojevrstno stavbo (panoptik), v kateri iz nadzornega stolpa nenehno opazujemo ljudi, ki bivajo v celicah. Avtor članka ugotavlja, da jepodobna, le precej bolj obsežna platforma za nadzorovanje nastala z razvojem svetovnega spleta. Na portalu YouTube lahko namreč vsakdo objavi posnetke zasebnih dogodkov in jih napravi javno dostopne. Amaterski pornografski posnetki, ki so mnogokrat posneti brez vednosti akterjev, se prav tako znajdejo na spletnih portalih, na katerih se prepletata ekshibicionizem in voajerizem. Mogočno orodje vzajemnega nadzora pa je tudispletni iskalnik Google, ki omogoča, da z njim "zalezujemo" ljudi in spremljamo njihove navade. Poleg tega samodejno beleži iskalne pojme, ki naposled pokažejo, kaj počne in misli posameznik - in tudi celotna družba. // In the 18th century, the philosopher Jeremy Bentham designed a special building (panopticon), in which people living in cells could be constantly observed from a central "inspection house". The author suggests that a similar but much more extensive observation platform has been created by the development of the World Wide Web. The YouTube portal enables anyone topublish videos of private events and make them publicly available. In a mixture of exhibitionism and voyeurism, amateur pornographic videos, often made without the "actors" being aware, also find their way to internet portals. Another powerful instrument of mutual monitoring is the Google websearch engine, which makes it possible to "stalk" people and monitor their habits. In addition, the search engine automatically records search terms, which ultimately reveal what an individual - as well as society as a whole - does and thinks. |