How is privacy, and a growing awareness of the inadequacy of existing protections for it, connected to the rise of the #MeToo movement? How do environments that appear to offer equal opportunities for participation, like online platforms or the modern workplace, end up facilitating harassment, erecting hidden barriers and driving people away? How do opaque privacy policies, poorly enforced content moderation rules, or non-disclosure agreements further facilitate those dynamics? We will discuss the connection between privacy and the #MeToo movement, exploring the bias and harassment that threatens human dignity, autonomy and professional viability, and the ways that the struggle for an equal playing field is mirrored by growing dissatisfaction with the privacy status quo. What you'll take away:The intersection of data privacy and the #MeToo movementHow they are both related to issues of self and identityHow social media platforms allow personal expression—but at what price?Overall, how #MeToo and other movements that attempt to deconstruct bias and harassment are mirrored in the growing dissatisfaction with the privacy status quo