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A woman enters Maple High School in Vaughan, Ont., to cast her vote in the Canadian federal election in October 2015. Canada has a lot to learn from Europe in preventing the digital manipulation of voters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

What Europe can teach Canada about protecting democracy

Several critical Canadian elections are looming. Here’s what Canada can learn from Europe on how to prevent the digital manipulation of voters.
We love to take personality tests, but is it time to think more about the corporate interests behind them? (Shutterstock)

Our ongoing love-hate relationship with personality tests

Personality tests played a central role in the recent Facebook scandal over corporate harvesting of personal data. Why are businesses so interested in them?
Facebook’s revenue model is based on gathering and using the data shared by its audience. Shutterstock

Why Facebook is the reason fake news is here to stay

Facebook must confront deep challenges if it’s to become a force in the global fight against false narratives.
Personal data has been dubbed the “new oil”, and data brokers are very efficient miners. Emanuele Toscano/Flickr

It’s time for third-party data brokers to emerge from the shadows

Third party data brokers trade in personal information and the industry is worth billions. But the activities of these companies remain largely invisible. It’s time to shine a light.
In this November 2017 photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators in St. Louis. Zuckerberg is preparing to testify before U.S. Congress over Facebook’s privacy fiasco. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Why we should all cut the Facebook cord. Or should we?

Why are the masses not disconnecting from Facebook despite the litany of revelations that the company’s brass has long viewed them as dumb sheep?
In this April 2017 photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at his company’s annual developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Zuckerberg says he will testify to U.S. Congress about the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica data breach. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File

Why not nationalize Facebook?

Facebook has become a key part of the world’s infrastructure, not just another tech company. It’s time to start treating it that way.
Many social media users have been shocked to learn the extent of their digital footprint. Shutterstock

Your online privacy depends as much on your friends’ data habits as your own

The silver lining to the Cambridge Analytica case is that more people are recognising that we pay for online services with not only our own privacy, but that of our friends, family and colleagues.

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