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The Facebook F-Up as a Wake-Up Call
As I write this, Facebook is facing what is likely the most intense crisis of confidence in its roughly 14 years of existence. While obviously important for the company, this development also raises broad and increasingly urgent questions about the … Continue reading →
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Tagged advertising, AI, Attention Economy, big data, democracy, digital technology, Facebook, Internet, Internet policy, platforms, politics, privacy, regulation
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Serving Users (to Advertisers to Benefit Shareholders)
In its early years, a key driver of Facebook’s approach to growth was to “move fast and break things” in pursuit of “domination.” This growth strategy has been reflected in Facebook’s approach to protecting users’ personal data–which may have violated a 2011 FTC consent decree. One … Continue reading →
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Tagged advertising, AI, Attention Economy, big data, democracy, digital technology, Facebook, Internet, Internet policy, platforms, privacy, regulation
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Data as Power: Approaches to Righting the Balance
Not surprisingly, revelations about the unauthorized release of personal data on 87 million Facebook users to a firm using the data to design and target manipulative political messages has triggered an upsurge in concern about the adequacy of data privacy at … Continue reading →
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Tagged advertising, AI, big data, Facebook, Internet, Internet policy, platforms, privacy, regulation
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The Power of Dominant Platforms: It’s Not Just About “Bigness”
This post will focus mainly on an article by Brooklyn Law School professor K. Sabeel Rahman that examines the power of digital platforms in an historical context. Though I try to summarize key points and include excerpts from the article, entited The … Continue reading →
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Tagged AI, big data, democracy, Facebook, governance, Internet policy, platforms, regulation
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Democracy & Corporate Governance: Challenging the Divine Right of Capital
In October 2017 the New York Times invited nine “technologists, academics, politicians and journalists” to propose steps that could help “fix” Facebook, “as a product, a company or both.” While all of the suggested “fixes” struck me as likely to … Continue reading →
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Tagged democracy, Facebook, governance, platforms, regulation
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Interactions Between Political and Platform Systems
This post focuses on the interactions between digital platforms and public sector democratic governance systems. It is intended to help set the stage for two subsequent posts that offer suggestions about how to support positive feedback loops and discourage negative … Continue reading →
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Tagged democracy, Facebook, governance, Internet policy, platforms, politics, regulation
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Evolving Human Systems 