Facebook: This time it's different

We always knew Facebook was using us, and politicians have always used paid marketing to win elections, but the Cambridge Analytica affair was very different to what has gone on before

Mark Zuckerberg's newspaper advertisement in response to Cambridge Analytica controversy. Pic: Getty

Spider webs, Beaumont in Texas, Carey Price, swing bowling: what do these things have in common? I have apparentlyclicked on Facebook ads related to them. I have never been to or heard of Beaumont in Texas. I didn’t know who Carey Price was (I googled him - he is a Canadian professional ice hockey player). Whatever swing bowling is, it sounds dangerous and it is safe to say I do not have a ...