Facebook Isn’t the Problem. We Are

“Sit down and read. Educate yourselves for the coming conflicts.” — Mother Jones

If there is one thing a divided nation shares in equal measure today, it’s anger at Facebook. The social media giant has been hauled into the dock of both public opinion and the United States Congress to account for its lamentable breaches of privacy. As is now well known, data research firm Cambridge Analytica, a paid consultant to the Trump campaign, acquired the personal data for upwards of some 87 million Facebook users. Condemnation has been fast and furious, and even the usually…