The Filter Bubble: Why Personalized News is Dangerous

“I’m not as concerned about advertising that’s targeted as I am about content that’s targeted. It’s one thing to personalize products, and it’s another thing to personalize information. When you’re showing people news based on who you think they are, you can really miss important things that are happening in the world.”

Read a short interview about the filter bubble here.

Ethical Challenges and the Internet

Thinking about social media, email, google searches and it’s relationship to ethics in psychotherapy? Read this interesting and informative article written by Sara Martin of the Monitor, an APA publication.

Ethics codes are in desperate need to catch up to the times! But, that doesn’t mean we can’t use our common sense and knowledge to practice ethically to maintain a separation between our personal and professional lives.