Silicon Valley Has Failed to Protect Our Data. Here’s How to Fix It It’s time for a digital protection agency. It’s clear ethics don’t scale, and it’s not just Facebook’s problem.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/paul-ford-facebook-is-why-we-need-a-digital-protection-agency
Over and over in the last 20 years we’ve watched low-cost or free internet communications platforms spring from the good intentions or social curiosity of tech folk. We’ve watched as these platforms expanded in power and significance, selling their influence to advertisers. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google—they grew so fast. One day they’re a lovable new way to see kid pix, next thing you know they’re reconfiguring democracy, governance, and business.1400x-1.jpg

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