An Ottawa Citizen report explores how behavioural advertising, search algorithms and Internet filtering are changing the types of information individuals receive. Many individuals are not aware that their browsing and search habits, computer type and location affect results from search engines. If individuals search for news online, they may only receive what is relevant, and that means "our understanding about what's happening in the world could be diminished," the report states. Corporations should gather and use personal information responsibly, but, the report states, users have a "growing responsibility, too, to become aware and self-aware...to guard against locking ourselves away in echo chambers of our own devising."
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