Cambridge Analytica

Trump talks with Putin at the APEC leaders' summit in Danang, Vietnam, on Nov. 11, 2017 (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Will 2021 end the era of the disinformed voter?

Stephen Maher: Millions of voters were led believe things that weren’t true, aided by Trump, Russia and social media. The West is finally waking up to the threat.

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