Economists are interested in how the design of ad auctions affects search engine revenues, and how access to the Internet – and thus to search engines – affects retail prices and possibly leads to higher prices for certain consumers.
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Santa Clara University law professor Eric Goldman examines the Fakhrian v. Google Inc. case which pits a request for removal of defamatory content against Section 230 and the First Amendment.
May 19, 2016
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New York University’s Helen Nissenbaum and Finn Brunton spoke with Passcode about their new book, Obfuscation: A User’s Guide for Privacy and Protest.
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This paper presents a formal analysis of advertising when the Internet allows targeting of advertisements.
April 30, 2010
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Search engines – such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, and a variety of other smaller search engines – help users find what they are looking for online by finding web pages that match user-entered keywords. Search engines are free to users, but typically earn revenue through paid advertising.