This blog post is regarding Kristine Wong’s blog on people’s post of extravagant and luxurious photo depicting their wealth on social media.

It is mentioned that the Canadian Revenue Agency is taking advantages of these post to verify the consistency of their income and their tax return.  “If caught under-reporting income, they might subject to tax penalties or even prosecution.”

From personal perspective, I disagree with what the government has been doing since  it is a violation of privacy from the authorities to take advantage of social media for verifying tax returns.  People’s posts on social media are private, only to share with their friends and not for authorities.  This might lead to loss in trust in the government by the people.