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Tag Archives: Cambridge Analytica
Don’t blame Mark Zuckerberg, you want Facebook to have your data
Ron Tite rants about why you shouldn’t blame Facebook or Mark Zuckerberg for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and why targeted advertising backed by real data on platforms like Facebook is actually amazing.
What the NDP’s ethics critic is not liking about Facebook’s role in Ottawa
At the House of Commons ethics committee and in an interview with Maclean’s, Charlie Angus questioned Facebook’s political ties in Ottawa and lack of lobbying registration
How well does Facebook think it knows you?
In light of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, users talk about how their feelings towards sharing their data online have shifted, or not.
Seven questions that put Mark Zuckerberg in the hot seat
Congress hit Mark Zuckerberg with some searing questions on day two of his Facebook hearing.
Why it’s finally time to crack down on Facebook
Stephen Maher: A 2009 Canadian investigation warned about Facebook’s data collecting. It was right all along. And Zuckerberg’s apologies won’t fix this crisis.
Facebook still has Canadians hooked, even if they’re mad about Cambridge Analytica
Canadians take a dim view of the platform, a new poll by Angus Reid Institute suggests, but only one in 10 users is ready to suspend or delete it
Try as we might, Facebook isn’t going anywhere
We’ve created a monster, writes Tabatha Southey—and the way Facebook is embedded into our lives means it will be a problem to fix, rather than quit
When it comes to our data privacy, we don’t really have a choice
The debate around personal data has largely focused on privacy as an individual choice. The Cambridge Analytica scandal shows how little choice we actually have
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have just confirmed it: online privacy is dead
Opinion: Welcome to the age of ‘surveillance capitalism’ where highly personalized information and psychological models are leveraged to change consumers’ behaviour and sway their opinions