Blindly Agreeing to Terms of Service

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 11, 2015

How many times have you blindly clicked on "agree" when the terms of service page pops up? Most likely, it's every time. And that willful ignorance is exactly what author Jacob Silverman argues against in his new book, "Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection." Silverman explores the detrimental implications of our social networking behavior and the new adversarial stance we should take against these large tech conglomerates mining all of our online actions. 

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