Can social media users prevent use of online information to characterize and target them?

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study examines how organizations use information people disclose on social network sites (SNS) to predict their personal characteristics and whether SNS users can successfully block certain information (and how much) to better protect their privacy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news