Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big AI, Big Brother

Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big AI, Big Brother

We are engulfed in a digital tsunami.

2025 · 84 min · ★ 8.1 · Documentary, Drama

We are engulfed in a digital tsunami—a toxic mix of artificial intelligence, state and corporate surveillance, and social media addiction controlled by powerful algorithms. Digital Tsunami shows how these are all elements of a digital ecosystem that is changing us as humans—just as the prophetic media guru Marshall McLuhan predicted 60 years ago. The unexpected consequences of this digital revolution have created an urgent need for strategies for survival.

Directed by Fred Peabody

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Marshall McLuhan Himself
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