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Privacy online has been under intense scrutiny since Spring 2018 when Facebook came under fire as evidence that Cambridge Analytica misused data that FB made available to them as an advertiser on the network became public. The question of what Facebook knew and when has led to much questioning about the network's ethics, whether they can be trusted, not to mention if and how much this influenced the 2016 election.
Since then the EU enacted the GDPR in May 2018 and now talks of an "Internet Bill of Rights" are emerging in the US. California passed similar legislation earlier in 2019 and recently the EU passed a new copyright directive that has implications for how we use services like YouTube.
Some questions that have been brought up include:
Is it time for regulation of the Internet?Is it possible or is it too late?How much is too much Internet regulation?Is it fair that companies make money on individual's data?Are companies like FB and Google tech companies or media companies and why?Have companies like FB and Google become too powerful?
Your assignment is to write a blog discussing one of these questions or another a question you think this raises and tell us what your thoughts are and why.
Cite and link back to resources.Discuss both sides and defend your opinion.
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