Cory Doctorow, boingboing.com [AU PHOTO] VIKTOR MAYER-SCHONBERGER is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University. #WLNEW_section_wlType .a-box{min-height:115px}#WLNEW_section_wlType .type-radio-contents{margin-left:0}#WLNEW_section_wlType .a-icon-radio{vertical-align:top;margin-right:5px;margin-left:-5px}#WLNEW_occ_month{margin-right:10px}.privacy_buttons_margin{margin-left:0!important;margin-bottom:5px!important}.fix-width-x-large{width:293px!important}.fix-width-large{width:150px!important}.atwl-create-content-section-mobile #WLNEW_section_wlType .a-box{min-height:70px}.atwl-create-content-section-mobile #WLNEW_section_wlType .a-radio{padding:0 0 0 3rem}.atwl-create-content-section-mobile #WLNEW_section_wlType .type-radio-contents{padding-bottom:2px}.atwl-create-content-section-mobile #WLNEW_section_wlName .a-button-toggle-group{text-align:left}.atwl-create-content-section-mobile #WLNEW_section_wlName .privacy_buttons_margin{margin:0}.atwl-create-content-section-mobile #WLNEW_section_wlName .a-button-toggle{margin:0 1rem 0 0}.atwl-create-content-section-mobile #WLNEW_section_ideaList textarea{border:2px solid #AAB7B8} Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is a professor at the University of Oxford and the coauthor, with Kenneth Cukier, of the bestselling Big Data. 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