Although social media is still new and shiny, future generations may look back in wonderment at the billions of people who were seduced into signing up for the one sided agreements struck with Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Apple where willing participants “paid” for their entertainment with their privacy and personal data which was readily harvested by the likes of Facebook ,its advertisers and not forgetting central governments on a massive scale. At least sharecroppers got some reward for their labour in the field!!

This article appeared in the June edition of Roger's newsletter 'Postcard from Parliament'