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Regulating Facebook won't prevent data breaches

  • Written by William H. Dutton, Professor of Media and Information Policy, Michigan State University
Facebook already controls how its users' data can be gathered and shared. It's university ethics boards that need to join the digital age. Shutterstock

After revelations that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica allegedly appropriated Facebook user data to advise Donald Trump’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, many are calling for...

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