Fast forward to this week and the federal Conservative Facebook ad that warns about a Liberal hidden gun registry agenda. The fact that the above examples involve Conservative parties should not be taken to suggest that they alone use social media to try to frame reality to their advantage. Their financial well-being is increasingly dependent on their social media outreach. But Canada’s main parties also have a common interest in preserving as much leeway as possible to continue to mine for data for their own purposes. Over the past few weeks, the current government has talked a good game about taking preventive measures to protect the integrity of Canada’s next election.

Source: thestar March 23, 2018 20:54 UTC