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What's your question for Christopher Wylie?

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How can governments become more nimble in responding to these thefts of personal information, especially around election times? It seems that, right now, reaction to these incursions into our private information is slow and cumbersome.
by Nancy
 
In the Federal Election in which Stephen Harper was running for another term, I was not a fan of ... more
by Alison B
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I would also ask how governments can better protect their citizens' personal information in the f... more
by JC
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This is an important matter involving the rights and freedoms of the users receiving services by ... more
by AnonCanada
 
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Marie, Gordon L., Colleen O'Neill and 40 more

Personal information should only be used for the purpose it is gathered for and agreed to by the Person. Each use of personal information must have the persons consent as with federal and provincial privacy guidelines. Blanket consent in the case of Facebook is not acceptable as the person prov... more
 
Does anyone else here find it ironic that as soon as I post a comment I am hit with sign in dialo... more
by Mike
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Metadata can be used to determine medical, financial, personal habits and exact location. Shouldn... more
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John Marshall, MtichJJMrn, Alan Ball and 24 more

How concerned do you think Canadians should be about the 100,000 payment that the Liberal Party made to Cambridge Analytica?
by Victoria
 
At the least, with the current scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, the Liberal Party owes us a... more
by Liz Newton
 
Technically, it sounds like the money went to a company called Eunoia Technologies, rather than C... more
by DanielG
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Marie, John Marshall, Rob M and 19 more

To what extent did Canada's three major political parties use social media manipulation to impact the outcome of the 2015 election?
by Tom Webb
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John, marcy, josh and 15 more

How likely is it that Cambridge Analyticas acquisition and exploitation of Facebook data was unique?
by Dave
 
How can we find the rest of these kinds of companies??
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John, Serge Robichaud, Mitch Miron and 9 more

Why is FB collecting additional profile info like banking info to be used to add to their marketing intelligence...because of this fact they are marketers. Why is FB Canada not obliged to mention this on their homepages?
 
Christopher Wylie worked at Cambridge Analytica, not Facebook. Excellent question that Mark Zucke... more
by DJ
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John, Dave, Camara and 9 more

How can governments and citizens better protect themselves from the next Cambridge Analytica that comes around?
by Marie
 
Great to know how to protect ourselves better in future -- but would also be useful to know how t... more
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Evan, John, Diana and 8 more

Mining personal data is at the core of FB's business model. Should mining data with individual attributes attached be prohibited? Would FB still have a viable business model if it were restricted to mining data without being able to identify individuals?
by EajD
 
If people actually read the terms of service they will discover that they actually gave FB the ri... more
by Douglas
 
Perhaps Douglas should go back and re-read the FB Terms of Service. This is direct from the TOS D... more
by DJ
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John, Robert, Alice and 7 more

I understand that Facebook even tracks data from non-Facebook users of the Internet. I think that should be declared illegal. I do not use Facebook and I do not want anyone using any of my data.
by JEHR
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John, josh, vaudree and 7 more

First Christpher, thank you for coming forward with the blatant misuse of data etc by Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and others. I realize that you are probably under immense pressure from both sides. Millions and millions have been duped, had private info used in ways that should NEVER have been ... more
by DJ
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Dan, John, Anne and 6 more

What regulatory changes would you recommend to ensure the privacy of on-line users and provide the right to expunge one's personal data from systems like Facebook and Google?
by Dennis Choptiany
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John, D. Sweeney, Ted Rogers and 5 more

What will now be done to ensure the political 3 do not use this scam ever again in the future and what will be done to find out if any party has already done this
by Paul Pennington
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John, Ron Humphry, J. Sparacino and 5 more

harvesting data, selling it, using it, lending it needs to be illegal
 
Agreed 100%. Although I realize this is unlikely to happen due to the huge impact on the wild wes... more
by Mike
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John, Trevor, J.Sparacino and 3 more

Is regulation the best way to stop such abuse of personal data in the future? If so, how could such regulations be enforced?
by dik Harris
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Evan, John, Karen and 3 more

Make sites like Facebook and Twitter illegal as they are not helping society just encouraging bullies and time wasting content
by Ràuhand
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John, Calvin, Jean-Louis Trudel and 3 more

What are the minimum data that FB needs to allow us to interact with our FB friends? Will only having this minimal data set reduce the value to Cambridge Analytica type companies?
by Louis
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John, vaudree, Robert and 3 more

FIRSTLY, thank you, Christopher Wylie, for thinking of the greater good for us all. You have tried to cease the doing of harm to those who are less informed than you. My question is this: what is missing in the education of those in our society to allow for the lack of good conscience in the tech... more
by Sharon
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John, Anon, Robert and 3 more

What steps are been takem to prevent this from happening on such on large scale again , particulary in light of upcoming federal election?
by Alice
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John, J. Sparacino, Beth and 2 more

I don't have Facebook or any other social media. What is being collected about me?
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John, josh, Karen and 2 more

What other social media sites could you have bought usage data on to make the same conclusions about political emotional state, and target them to the same level of influence?
by Max
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John, Kevin J, JL and 2 more

What do you think gov't should do to protect it's citizens?
by Stéphane
Since you are knowlegeable about this topic, what do you think gov't should do to protect it's ci... more
 
I understand the question, but lets try to keep all government out of it. Once they get involved... more
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John, Robert, mike and 1 more

I think it is important to know and understand where the information went, which companies used this info/intel, and specifically, what did they do with it? In the process of acknowledging something bad happened and how do we ensure it doesn't happen again, we also should know who benefitted from... more
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John, DanielG, FF and 1 more

Given the facts that Facebook has broken many countries privacy laws (Canada, the UK, USA, the EU, ect...) multiple times, and the latest information that Cambridge Analytica was just one of many companies abusing user data. Why should anyone take anything Facebook says seriously in regards to ho... more
by Jeff B
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John, E Christie, Mitch Miron and 1 more

It is up to each and every person to protect their own privacy because clearly, the government isn't going to do it, oh wait the government is spying on us with Bill c-51. The way the privacy laws are written you can collect virtually any day that you wish without consent. However, you may not... more
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John, cj, Robert and 1 more

What in your opinion, is the best way to constrain corporate use of psychological profiles?
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Rebecca, Kaylee, Victoria and 1 more

The internet is a "public domain" always has been why to the hundreds of millions of idiots all over the world think they should have any expectation of privacy?!!! If you expose your life on line then know that anyone can access it!!! My fear is that governments will control it and then we are f... more
by Gerry age 5 using the internet before most of you were born
 
Even the "internet" realizes that some parts of a person privacy is just that..private..certain p... more
by DJ
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John, Tom, Jean-Louis Trudel and 1 more

Metadata can be used to determine medical, financial, personal habits and exact location. Shouldn't Judicial oversight be required to obtain warrant(s) to spy on us?
 
Further, does this breech expose very private and personal passwords?
by D.Kiss
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John
Mitch Miron
vaudree
What were the other sources of data?  How easy was that data to obtain?  How instrumental was the additional data to the objectives of the customers of AIQ/Cambridge Analytica?
by Richard L
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Dave
John
Richard
Is Christopher Wylie aware of any other entities that may (or did) use this or similar data to manipulate, or attempt to manipulate, Canadian elections?  If yes, could he elaborate?
by Richard L
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John
John Garner
Richard
Given that new The E.U.’s General Data Protection Regulation's in terms of Facebook and other privacy concerns are much stronger than anything Canada or the U.S. Do you think if Canada adopted the E.U protections completely, we would have prevented Cambrige data mining abuses.
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Geordie Nelson
Mitch Miron
vaudree
Why are you blocking some alternate news sites and restricting the freedom of speech guarenteed under the Constitution?
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John
Judy
Robert
Transparency according to me is not a problem. This of course includes the fact that I must know what is done with my information. But that my information is being used is transparrency and it is good in its very nature. What is needed is training for each and everyone of us to know how to recogn... more
by Jacques Drolet
Global Facilitator (Sustainability and Cross-culturality)
 
Why is it acceptable to let corporations sell/provide data to other outlets and government agenci... more
by tim
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The premise that we are too stupid to take care of where we put our data - that we are incapable ... more
by Frozenjim
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Frozenjim
marcy
IS IT EASY FOR MARK Z TO USE WHAT HE HAS LEARNED FROM CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICS TO MAKE MORE BILLIONS BY TAKING OVER THE WEB SLEUTHING FUNCTIONS OF ANALYTICA? I GET THE SENSE THAT HE HAS FOOLED USA, UK, EU AND CANADA!!! HE WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN SELLING WHO ME? IT WAS ANALYTICA!!! BUT HE WOULD BE ... more
 
Don't replace Cambridge Analytica! Stop ANY sharing of personal information with anyone!
by John
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Ellen
Kim
Robert
Thoughts on leveling the playing field: make data gatherer employee/owner personal data freely available
by Lev
What are your thoughts on requiring any corporation gathering personal data to make comparable da... more
 
Would need to exclude anything secure (passwords, login IDs,..) but otherwise in a sense brings t... more
by BenS
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JJ
Karen N
How would one find out if they were one of the 600,000 names whose data was harvested and sold?
 
If you want to find out if you were one of the ones whose information got into the hands of Cambr... more
by DanielG
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Dean
Trevor
Does Christopher Wylie have documentation from, or did he personally hear, the client(s) of AIQ/Cambridge Analytica state their directives to AIQ/Cambridge Analytica and were those directives clearly intended to manipulate legal proceedings such as elections in Canada?
by Richard L
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John
Richard
why not simply ask individuals if they want their information shared or not? If the individual decides no, that should be the end of it.
by Greg Cameron
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cj
Robert
How is CSIS involved in maintaining profiles of Canadian citizens and using the Internet and other data sources to monitor citizens?
by John F
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cj
Robert
What would have to change for people to have an on-line life and the privacy they could reasonably expect?
by Nadine
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cj
Ellen
Why is the government complicit with corporations, including FB, whereby citizens interests, accountability and transparency are sidelined, while business interests continue with political support?
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Karen
Robert
Why are people still using Facebook?
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Ellen
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How is it legal for Credit card companies to sell our purchase history to Facebook?
by Yves Dorfsman
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Ellen
Robert
Given that organized crime owns a large part of FaceBook, and they exploit that, why is anyone still using Facebook?
 
95% of North American identity theft is via Facebook too.
 
It has become a tool for marketing, however, they are now exploiting us for large sums of money... more
by Ivan
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Ralph
Do you think that an effective way of ensuring better protection of our privacy on-line and off is to draw decision-makers' attention to the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in which it is stated that one of the fundamental universal human rights is the right to privacy?
by Danial Asadolahi, Human Rights Advocate
 
The right to privacy - the right to control my own information. I want to see our government pas... more
by Sharon
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Sharon
As much as you feel you can "protect" our privacy from 'hackers', I still am not convinced the information I may provide can be 100% securee
by Ken
 
It is not crackers I am worried about, it is your customers.
by Brashley46
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Brashley46
What did Facebook do different than other companies who also sell data?
by Cool Kornak
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Cool Kornak
Was the process of collecting the data from Facebook secured with two factor authentication, a complex password or was it simple to access?  In other words could other entities have also collected this data?
by Richard L
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Richard
Over 600,000 Canadians have had their privacy compromised. What can the Canadian Government do to stope this?
by Doyle
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Vaudree
As a show of good faith, would Facebook be willing to offer a bounty program for hackers to regularly test the security of its platform? --similar to what Google does in terms of testing the security of its browser.
by Wayne Monson
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DanielG
Isn't Government responsible to educate people to make them aware of the risks about releasing their data?
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Mitch Miron
If one paid for social media services in exchange for ZERO sale of personal information of any kind, would that be a business model that would succeed? Should right to choice of collection or no collection be legislated?
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cj
To what extent are Canada's three major political parties curently using social media manipulation to impact the outcome of the 2019 election?
by Alice
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Robert
What federal employees (incl. MPs, CSIS, RCMP, DND) ARE INVOLVED?
by Lou Cassivi
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Robert
Is it even possible for governments to control the dissemination of personal information on social media?
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Robert
Send someone to jail please. If I did this all on my own I'd already be there - send the whole bunch of them to jail please and yes, that includes Mark Zuckerberg, he knew, of course he knew what the flawas were in his so called preivacy protection/settings--I've never been on facebook for the si... more
by Yodamin
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Kim
Each app like Facebook has lengthy terms of service that must be accepted before the app is usable. Given that, for obvious reasons, so few people actually read and understand the lengthy terms, can you suggest a better way to regulate such terms. As it is, sommuch can be obscurely buried withi... more
by Bernie Swain
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Robert
We all agree we are trying to adjust to a new paradigm. We never used to have income tax and SIN #’s. Today everyone accepts it. My 2 questions are : Do We need a yearly legislated questionnaire that consents to the personal information I am willing to share? Should violation of the mining of pe... more
by Kim
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Robert
Do new technologies - I'm thinking of blockchain in particular - offer the possibility of alternative models where personal data is better protected and illegal players identified and tracked more easily?
by Alan T
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Robert
What exactly is the crime? What are the consequences? Who should be charged? How do we get them to stop?
by Dennis
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Robert
There have been a lot of questions about how to protect our privacy it seems we all agree they the individual should give specific regarding the content the specific personal information they wish to share. My question is if the government ever decided to advocate to protect its citizens should c... more
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Robert
What actual machine learning, text processing and image processing methods were used?
by Brent
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Robert
It's our Data, so pay for my data ?? Companys should have to pat the person since it is thier data , they are using and making money on
by C D
 
Think you meant pay the person. Good idea.
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Corporations are now more powerful then governments. Companies like Apple ensure that whatever runs on your iPhone or iPad has to be approved by them. How do we stop FB and other large companies from dictating anything and everything we do or want on the Internet?
by Peter Fritz
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Should foreign advertisers and foreign data analytics firms be allowed to be contracted to do paid work in elections in Canada?
by DanielG
Should foreign data analytics firms and/or foreign political advertising firms be allowed to be h... more
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How to gauge what is 'foreseeable' in data abuses and meddling?
by DanielG
- What happened with Facebook may have been reasonably foreseeable, according to multiple securit... more
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Could foreign governments be doing what Cambridge Analytica did? Except that governments would do so via legislating themselves access to user data prior to selling it?
by DanielG
A lot of focus has been placed on app-makers and what information that they were apparently allow... more
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Who was responsible? Surely intelligent people know that this kind of manipulation of personal data is unacceptable in our country.
by Radmila Swann
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I want to know why Facebook has ignored freedom of speech guidelines and chose to restrict posts regarding a single religious ideology over any other....and why you feel you have a right to given that this is supposed to be a free speech forum.
by Free citizen
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Why not just leave facebook and go to Mewe? That's what I did. Never liked being a science experiment.
by Teresa Myhre
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Politicians don't care unless they were defeated in the last election. However, if politicians registered their thoughts, likes and dislikes indicating how they would vote in the House, Senate or closed in-camera sessions then they would care. How do we make this kind of transparency happen?
by Edward
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so really, not putting our info on computer the only true way of not having our information ripped off?
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How can this data be used so that: a) super wealthy individuals do not own the political process, b) citizens retain a right to privacy, and, c) the government does not become a survey state?
by Lynn Kaye
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What constitutes a 'breach'?
by DanielG
When disclosing the exfiltration of information from Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg was careful to not... more
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Blocking VPNs to prevent foreign election meddling
by DanielG
Facebook has talked about banning advertising in elections from foreign sources. Nevertheless, V... more
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Giving more voice to calming messages in political statements
by DanielG
Facebook's algorithms and the mechanisms underlying them are largely opaque -- at least in terms ... more
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Guarding against future abuse of data obtained by Cambridge Analytica
by DanielG
Over 600,000 Canadians had information taken by Cambridge Analytica. CA promised Facebook that t... more
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The morality and legality of micro-targetting of political ads online to the individual
by DanielG
a) What are your thoughts on the MORALITY of micro-targeting of political ads, at the individual... more
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How Non-Tech-Savvy People Can Help Protect Democracy in Cyberpace
by DanielG
Would there be any simple ways that you could recommend, for the average non-tech-savvy individua... more
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Top 3 most-needed social media fixes, as per Christopher Wylie?
by DanielG
There are many things that might be done in social media platforms so as to contribute to a meani... more
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Is there a social media app that is largely secure and doesn't share your data with other companies that you would use? As Blackberry is known for security, is BBM an option?
by Glenn Smith
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Question: what is the minimum information one can put on a Social Media page to be useful to others but of no value to data miners?
by Evan
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How much wealth was achieved in this sceme?
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How do I find out if my information has been used
by judith flynn
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Should the AI Software trained on and derived from illegal data access be confiscated as 'proceeds of crime'?
The [illegally obtained] data is used to derive meta data and/or train software algorithms which ... more
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What is FB going to do about all the lies that continue to be shared? I recently saw a picture of Obama mowing to an Ayatollah. The picture was badly photoshopped and the text rude and hate lingering. What’s going to be done about this?
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by Teal
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Will the new
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I have a Facebook account at the urging of a former professor. I use it mostly in closed/private groups. Who is viewing this information? I hope only the members/moderators of said group and people trained to delete offensive content. I can not be sure. Also why is breast-feeding considered offen... more
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While I appreciate very much what openmedia is doing to protect Facebook users in Canada, I just wnat to note I have never used Faccebook and hve no desire ever to. Sadly, I saw FB as a potentially bad thin long ago given it's wide open appeal to so many without any real limits to those who want... more
by Allan
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What can we and/or Facebook do to minimize this kind of data abuse?
by Daniel Bragg
CA engaged directly with around 270,000 users, yet they were able to amass details of in excess o... more
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Do you think this is just the tip of the iceberg and do you think this will stop other companies/governments from trying to do this in the future?
by Gary Hurst
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What restrictions ned to be put on media and on-line telecommunication companies to prevent user profiling? e
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Why was private information provided to others "period"?
by Crystal
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Source checking
by Is there a realistically reliable method that can be used in order for Facebook users can EASILY
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With what just happen with Facebook, do you think any coporation can handle private data in an ethic way? Corporations are all about money. If they can make money with personal data, they will and I don't think any goverment is powerfull enough to do anything about it.
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Do you suggest that all Facebook clients stop using the service? At least during this time in which it’s practices and political influence is being investigated ? Do you
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At one time there was a notice on facebook that said the CIA was involved back in 2012 or 13! When did they become uninvolved and why are they not being questioned??
by Mawnie
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If i do not have a facebook account how can I make sure that Facebook doesnt have access to my data at any cost?
by Lawrence
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What should people be doing to protect their data from Facebook?
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Why does he think what he, and his company did, was ok
by Kay
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How Facebook is intend to compensate my damages due to expose my private data.
by ezar2j
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How much did FB profit off selling my data to the Kremlin and when do I get my share?
by Cheryl
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How big is the market for user profiling and what are the types of users of this data?
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I propose that Face Book and the like no longer provide gratuitous services to its members, but rather impose a nominal fee for the services so that same may be cancelled by the member with the obligation for FCEBOOK TO OBLITERATE all information related to this client upon cancellation. Also the... more
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What process/criteria has Facebook put into place to prevent and detect the use of its data by its customers to spread misinformation and fake news?
by Omar
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What process/criteria has Facebook put into place to prevent and detect the use of its data by its customers to spread misinformation and fake news?
by Omar
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When you make peopels privacy safe i will think about using facebook .
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How we get a guarantee Mark Zuckerberg will be held fully accountable, and how and when can the EU lawmakers get the answers they demanded from him of all their questions that he purposely dodged to try to protect his image?
by Brad
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Will Facebook offer an option to go ad free and no data collection, perhaps for a small fee?
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I have never belonged to Facebook, nor will I ever belong to Facebook. I questioned it right from the beginning and it alarmed me how quickly everyone jumped on board, including businesses. Do not let big tech companies have so much power. You have all given them too damn much power! And they and... more
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Wylie, you came up with the idea to mix personality inventories with computer generated algorithms - something much more systematic and targetted than anything Bernays ever did. Goldberg's five-factor model has been mentioned previously. Are you familiar with the Marlowe-Crowne and was the tar... more
by VL
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Has Cambridge Analytica worked under contract for the US or Canadian military? If so, who was the target of that assignment and what was the purpose of that contract?
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Who authorized this to happen and why and how can it be prevented to happen again
by Barbara
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1. I'm unable to read all the ideas you have since when i scroll down the wbole screen moves. 2. Who was given my private information? 3. Who used my private information?
by Hans W. Lussenburg, Nanaimo, BC.
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Why does Facebook block the sharing of interesting, political information and discussion. Does it not believe in democracy? Non-violent, legal exchanges of ideas and information should not be censored.
by Trevor
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As I understand the process other sources of data were used with Facebook data to create user profiles. How elaborate and accurate are these profiles. Would you say they give an in-depth psychological profile for most users?
by Peter Walling
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In all truthfulness, is it really possible to prevent such breaches and abuses happening again? It seems that unless one is a 'tech wiz' themselves and/or has the time and patience to nitpick every option available on FB/social media and then do it over and over again every time a change is made,... more
by Joan Parker
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who do you report to in Canada's or the U.S.'s "deep state"?
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Does the UK government use a loophole in order to circumvent the legal restrictions put in place to protect the personal data of its citizens, by instead collecting this data from foreign countries?
by Aron Loki
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Analysis of Changes to Privacy Policy
by John Chaffey
What initiatives do feel are necessary to re-assess and analyze current public policy attitudes t... more
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Should governments ban all social media adds for a period, say 90 days, prior to an election in the country?
by KP
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Will anyone or ffirms invovleedd actually be hels accountable and provided with suitables fines and jail time .
by Alice
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What legislation needs to be in place and enforced to stop this from happening again?
by Jan
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What was?is your moral authority?
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Why do people post images of food?
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I want to know if I am a Russian spy, international spy, FBI double agent, highrankin
by christopher huggins
I want a judicial review into my case with an apology, financial compensation 15 billion dollars... more
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What am I missing ? If you use social media, why would you even expect that your privacy is a consideration ? You are the person who willingly posted information on hardware that you have no idea where it is even located on the planet, let alone, what night shift server-farm geek is scrolling thr... more
by George
 
Fair statement....except if you specifically choose not to post public and then your details are ... more
by Kevin
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Is it possible for more government oversight with regards to FB, Google and other huge companies, to curb their abuses and to allow all points of view and to safeguard free speech?
by Dennis
 
This will move the spying from companies to the government.
by Daniel
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