<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
politics	I-General_Concept
encompasses	O
the	O
political	O
aspects	O
of	O
data	O
including	O
topics	O
ranging	O
from	O
data	B-Application
activism	I-Application
,	O
open	O
data	O
and	O
open	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
platforms	O
like	O
Google	O
have	O
a	O
"	O
better	O
to	O
ask	O
forgiveness	O
than	O
permission	O
"	O
stance	O
on	O
data	O
collection	O
to	O
which	O
the	O
greater	O
population	O
is	O
largely	O
ignorant	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
movements	O
within	O
data	B-Application
activism	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
platforms	O
like	O
Google	O
,	O
Facebook	O
,	O
and	O
Amazon	O
is	O
data	O
collection	O
through	O
the	O
applications	O
and	O
services	O
they	O
provide	O
to	O
consumers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
wearable	B-Operating_System
technology	I-Operating_System
like	O
FitBit	O
and	O
Apple	O
Watch	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
home	O
devices	O
like	O
Google	O
Nest	O
and	O
Amazon	O
Alexa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
politics	I-General_Concept
is	O
similar	O
but	O
different	O
from	O
data	B-Application
activism	I-Application
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
civic	O
data	O
and	O
making	O
the	O
government	O
process	O
of	O
outputting	O
data	O
better	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
multiple	O
levels	O
to	O
data	B-General_Concept
politics	I-General_Concept
although	O
two	O
standout	O
at	O
the	O
grassroots	O
level	O
,	O
the	O
protest	O
of	O
mass	O
data	O
collection	O
and	O
engagement	O
with	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
a	O
wider	O
scale	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
approaches	O
to	O
data	B-Application
activism	I-Application
and	O
data	B-General_Concept
politics	I-General_Concept
are	O
called	O
reactive	O
,	O
where	O
large	O
scale	O
data	O
collection	O
threatens	O
the	O
freedoms	O
and	O
privacy	O
of	O
a	O
society	O
,	O
and	O
proactive	O
,	O
where	O
open	O
data	O
and	O
open	O
government	O
can	O
illicit	O
greater	O
societal	O
change	O
,	O
proactive	O
activists	O
are	O
advocates	O
of	O
both	O
open	O
data	O
and	O
government	O
and	O
question	O
the	O
reality	O
we	O
live	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Politics	I-General_Concept
shares	O
traits	O
of	O
each	O
approach	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
core	O
values	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
politics	I-General_Concept
are	O
open	O
government	O
data	O
,	O
but	O
data	B-General_Concept
politics	I-General_Concept
also	O
concerns	O
data	O
collection	O
by	O
governments	O
,	O
private	O
corporations	O
,	O
and	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
realm	O
where	O
data	B-General_Concept
politics	I-General_Concept
proactive	O
was	O
the	O
protest	O
of	O
the	O
elimination	O
of	O
the	O
long	O
form	O
census	O
.	O
</s>
