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Canada: Facebook, Its Excesses and Our Data

Robin Koerner - October 20, 2021. Published in Le Devoir

Expecting large web companies to regulate themselves is naïve.

Venezuela: Cambridge Analytica II

Robin Koerner - May 30, 2018. Published in Analitica

[B]ig data can make any candidate a winner because it is a tailored campaign.

Mexico: The Mess at Facebook

Robin Koerner - April 6, 2018. Published in Crónica (Mexico)

We are uncomfortable with the fact that corporations have so much information about us, but every day we feed them with the data we display on these platforms.

Brazil: Protecting Big Data

Robin Koerner - March 20, 2017. Published in El Pais

Violation of privacy is not for spies anymore.

Germany: Goodbye Politics!

Robin Koerner - March 18, 2016. Published in Die Zeit

Barack Obama and Angela Merkel have laid the foundation for new right-wing politics to spread. They have exchanged political debate for celebrity culture.

France: Apps, Satellites and Sensors To Catch Polluters

Robin Koerner - June 11, 2015. Published in Rue89

Images and weather data from rainforests, monitoring of satellite images: Environmentalist NGOs are relying on the growing capacity of big data to track threats to the environment on a large scale.

Canada: Why Edward Snowden May Be the Last Whistleblower

Robin Koerner - May 22, 2015. Published in The Globe and Mail

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