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Facebook’s transparency efforts hide key reasons for showing ads
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Facebook’s ‘transparency’ efforts hide key reasons for showing ads

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

Oana Goga, Université Grenoble Alpes Why is that ad targeting you? Olivier Le Moal/Shutterstock.com Facebook’s advertising platform was not built to help social media users understand who was targeting them …

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Why the business model of social media giants like Facebook is incompatible with human rights
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Why the Business Model of Social Media Giants like Facebook is Incompatible with Human Rights

April 16, 2018

Sarah Joseph, Monash University Facebook’s actions – or inactions – facilitated breaches of privacy and human rights associated with democratic governance. EPA/Peter DaSilva Facebook has had a bad few weeks. …

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Mark Zuckerberg looks for an olive branch as Facebook enters face-off phase

March 22, 2018March 23, 2018

Hemant Batra | Law & Policy Expert However, honest confession, it may be regarding an offense or wrongdoing, the guilty must be punished. This is what I understand, the premise …

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Obama’s greatest legacy may be the global entrepreneurship he sparked

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

Vivek Wadhwa, Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University It is rare to go to a government event, especially where political leaders are speaking, in …

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The Apple-FBI battles are a prelude of things to come. Laws and ethics simply can’t keep up with technology

March 28, 2016

The battle between the FBI and Apple over the unlocking of a terrorist’s iPhone will likely require Congress to create new legislation. That’s because there really aren’t any existing laws …

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Why Facebook and Marc Andreessen misunderstood India—and inadvertently started a revolt

February 16, 2016February 16, 2016

Facebook is being compared to the treacherous East India Company, and director Marc Andreessen is being accused of being anti-Indian, a racist, and worse.  It won’t surprise me if Indian …

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Net Neutrality: Levelling the Playing Field

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016

“What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict …

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