A long awaited privacy awakening is here; CNN, March 28, 2018

Seth Fiegerman, CNN; A long awaited privacy awakening is here

"The resulting scandal has sparked a long awaited data awakening among internet users.

"People are digging in and looking at the data that's been collected on them," says Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT. "In the past, a lot of us have been willing to say we understand we are in this constant dance with commercial providers."

What's changed is people waking up to the fact that their data isn't just used to sell products, but also potentially to affect elections. "It just feels different," Zuckerman said."