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Commentary: Samantha Bradshaw on Cambridge Analytica in the Globe and Mail
23 March 2018
Samantha Bradshaw wrote a new opinion article for the Globe and Mail on data-protection and Cambridge Analytica:
The revelations about Cambridge Analytica – the big data firm that misused Facebook data to target voters with propaganda – should have Canadian policymakers thinking seriously about how information, technology and data will affect our elections in 2019. There are increasing concerns that social media is undermining democracy – broadcasting conspiracy theories, fake news and Russian-sponsored disinformation campaigns – and Canada should not be complacent. In a data-intensive society, winning an election might have less to do with a candidate, party, or platform and more to do with buying and selling voter data to hack democracy.