This chapter explores the significant challenges individuals face in protecting their personal data amidst evolving digital threats. It emphasizes the need for collective accountability from companies and social media platforms, highlighting the implications of targeted advertising and manipulation on public perception.
Today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted the social media giant “made mistakes” in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and vowed to fix them. The UK-based company improperly acquired the data of some 50 million Facebook users, and revealed how easily our info can be sold to third parties without our knowledge. Recode’s Kurt Wagner explains, then ProPublica’s Julia Angwin talks about the endgame: brainwashing the masses.
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