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Inmates at two prisons in Finland are doing a new type of prison labor: classifying data to train artificial intelligence algorithms for a startup. The startup, Vainu, sees the partnership as a kind of prison reform that teaches valuable skills, but other experts say it plays into the exploitative economics of prisoners being required to work for very low wages.

Heading into the 2020 US presidential election in unusual circumstances & more dependent on technology; psychographics plays a role. Learn more with CB Insights.

What it means for Facebook, for President Trump’s world, and for every American

Alexander Nix returned to Parliament, but provided more bluster than answers.

Business Week explores how businesses are benefitting from the social media boom, generating exposure for brands online.

The recent interest in privacy protection around the world has put focus on organisations that have betrayed the trust of people and leaked their data to make profit.

Here's what you need to know after the Facebook co-founder and CEO's visit to Washington.

Ever since it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica had taken data from 87m users via a Facebook app that exploited the social media site's privacy settings, it has been suggested that anything from Donald Trump's election in the US to the European Union referendum result in the UK could have been the result of the persuasive power of targeted advertisements based on voter preferences.

There are many benefits to pulling together the best talent from rival agencies. But things get complicated if all the agencies keep a different agenda.