The dark irony behind Facebook’s fake news problem
In exchange for fake news, Facebook users handed over the only thing they still retain that has value in this new economy—not their labour, but their data
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Colin Horgan
Colin Horgan is a Toronto-based writer. He is a frequent contributor to the Guardian, and was formerly a writer for CTV and a parliamentary reporter for iPolitics.ca in Ottawa. His writing has appeared in Maclean’s, the Globe and Mail, the National post and others. From September 2014 to November 2015, Colin was a speechwriter for Justin Trudeau.
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