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personal information

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  1. Facebook
    World

    Facebook defends data sharing after new report on partner deals

  2. data harder to protect
    Commentary

    Commentary: We don't care about our data because we can't see or touch it

    We often care less when our data are used, sold or stolen without our permission because they are intangible and difficult to own, say two experts.
  3. Indoor slippers
    World

    Commentary: If Facebook is so smart, why does it keep selling me slippers?

    We are supposed to believe social media's sophisticated algorithms built upon data scraping and machine learning know us better than our closest ...
  4. Mexico's National Electoral Institute recently signed deals with Facebook and Twitter, and is
    Technology

    Commentary: Hooked and unable to pull the plug on Facebook? We've been there

    Social media provide shortcuts to things we yearn for, like connection and validation, say four observers from Pennsylvania State University.
  5. A 3D-printed Facebook dislike button is seen in front the Facebook logo, in this illustration
    Singapore

    Commentary: Curb Facebook? Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

    Social media gathering of our data has been a force for good in some areas, says one observer from NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and ...
  6. A smartphone user shows the Facebook application
    Technology

    Commentary: Don’t delete Facebook, just get smarter

    Basic digital competence can address a lot of the concerns raised around social media, says one observer at the Financial Times.