It was launched in February 2004 by a kid named Mark Zuckerberg and it was called Facebook. He invited anybody to make his/her own webpage really easily and plug in all sorts of information at their choice from their date of birth to pictures of the children. Who you loved, where you were going on vacation and how much you make a year. Now Facebook is used by 57 percent of Canadians every day and the Angus Reid Institute says as many as 73 percent say they will make at least some change to how they use the social media platform in the wake of a data mining scandal. That’s “data mining scandal” for anyone who hasn’t checked in since last week. What’s a data mining scandal? It seems to be a lot like the contortions of businesses seeking your information since the day of the door-to-door survey.
WHO CHECKS THEIR CREDIT SCORE
A successful example of data gathering is the 21 Century phenomenon called the Credit Score. It is a bit of nonsense invented to get people to give over their personal information. Don’t ask where it’s sold. But back to Facebook. Angus Reid also says the survey found that one in 10 say they plan to abandon the platform, at least temporarily. Zuckerberg has apologized and outlined steps to protect user data in light of the scandal involving the Trump-connected data-mining firm. But such hopes seem vain. Protecting stuff out on a public highway called the Internet will be a challenge.
