Facebook’s breakup with a Canadian bank
Documents from a British parliamentary investigation show questions about access to user data caused RBC to end online transactions via Facebook
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Read the interview about Facebook the CBC refuses to publish
The public broadcaster decided not to publish an interview about Facebook with technology columnist Jesse Hirsh online, saying it didn’t meet its journalistic standards
What if the Toronto-Waterloo corridor really becomes the next Silicon Valley?
Uber, Microsoft and Intel are the latest tech heavyweights to invest and expand in the Toronto-Waterloo corridor—but buzzy names alone won’t make the region the next big thing
Why social media has taken over your life—and you need to sign off now
Jaron Lanier says social media is turning us into highly manipulable addicts. The only solution is for users to pay—and own their own data.
Meet the people who scar themselves to clean up our social media networks
Opinion: They’re judges, juries and executioners of our social-media lives—yet they work hard, low-paying jobs across the planet. Who are these ’cleaners’?
The two ex-political staffers behind the Ontario election’s most digital-savvy outside groups
Ads and memes from Ontario Proud and North99 have the distinct flavour of party-produced attacks. That’s not a coincidence.
Trudeau government spending tens of millions on Facebook ads and sponsored posts
From 2016 to March 2018, federal government agencies spent more than $24.4 million on Facebook and Instagram ads and videos
6 questions Mark Zuckerberg avoided at his European Parliament testimony
The Facebook CEO spent just 15 minutes answering questions after he asked MEPs to list all their questions first.
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