“We have to act like we’re living in East Germany and Instagram is the Stasi.”

Carole Cadwalladr’s recent Ted Talk, “This is a Digital Coup” is worth a listen. If you’re unfamiliar with Cadwalladr’s work, she’s one of the main reporters who broke the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook story (and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer for it) almost a decade ago. She was sued for her last Ted Talk, and is visibly nervous during this one, though the courts vindicated her.