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Facebook is killing democracy with its personality profiling data

  • Written by Timothy Summers, Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Engagement, University of Maryland
Facebook is killing democracy with its personality profiling dataFacebook's data know exactly what fits best in your mind.leolintang/Shutterstock.com

What state should you move to based on your personality? What character on “Downton Abbey” would you be? What breed of dog is best for you? Some enormous percentage of Facebook’s 2.13 billion users must have seen Facebook friends sharing results...

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