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To serve a free society, social media must evolve beyond data mining

  • Written by Aram Sinnreich, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
Social media companies combine many pieces of information into a complex digital profile.Tetiana Yurchenko/Shutterstock.com

As Congress and the public wrestle with the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, many people are now realizing the risks data collection poses to civic institutions, public discourse and individual privacy. The U.K.-based...

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