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Catherine Tucker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Innovation and Economic Growth, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising

Barbara van Schewick
Stanford University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Networks and Infrastructure, Net Neutrality

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Privacy Is The New Money, Thanks To Big Data

University of Chicago law professor Omri Ben-Shahar examines the pros and cons of exchanging personal data for free services.

Omri Ben-Shahar

April 20, 2016

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Net Neutrality

Given the significance of the Internet, preserving its “openness” – an idea often referred to as “network neutrality” or “net neutrality” – has been a long-standing issue.

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SXSW Highlights Bright and Dark Tech Futures

"Technology now has such power that it might be time to think about a code of practice. What is an acceptable failure rate for a policing algorithm?" — Kate Crawford, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research

Kate Crawford
Computerworld
March 15, 2016

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Higher Standards: Regulation in the Network Age

The author argues that the FCC should move towards a standards-based approach to overseeing digital networks.

By: Kevin Werbach

September 21, 2009

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