The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Beyond the Bubble: Facebook data leaked

A photoillustration of a student popping a bubble.
Data mining company gained personal information of estimated 87 million people.
Christian Leonard, Editor-in-Chief • April 11, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made his appearance before members of Congress to explain his company’s connection with a recent data leak that allowed a profiling firm to gain the personal information of up to 87 million people. ZUCKERBERG DEFENDS FACEBOOK FROM POLITICAL BACKLASH The firm, Cambridge...

Disinformation manipulates social media users

Disinformation manipulates social media users
Cambridge Analytica scandal exposes social media toxicity.
Justin Yun, Freelance Writer • April 4, 2018

The term “compassion fatigue”—used by journalists to describe the public’s gradual desensitization and apathy to news of war in the electronic age can also be used to describe the behavior people exhibit when they hear another news story about the latest online privacy violation. Most social...