Jason Giles

Beyond Encryption: Our Vision for Trustworthy Messaging in a Viral World

Private messaging platforms like Messenger, Signal, Telegram, WeChat, and WhatsApp are seminal technologies. By assuring private communication on a global scale, these innovations expand and ...
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The Intersection: Who’s in the Driver’s Seat — Us or Our Technology?

Still frame from The Intersection By Julia Solano, Eshanthi Ranasinghe, and Nicole Allred, Exploration & Future Sensing, Omidyar Network The Intersection, a short film in ...
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Reimagining Digital Public Infrastructure Is No Longer Just a Development Agenda

  By CV Madhukar, Responsible Technology, Omidyar Network In a world where digitization ubiquitous, we now have an opportunity to shape digital ID programs and ...
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The Push for Fairness, Equity, and Safeguards in the Data Economy

MIT Technology Review Insights explores, in a new report released today, how a growing number of voices — including economists, lawyers, civil rights groups, and Omidyar Network ...
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Zachary Carter Joins Omidyar Network as first Writer in Residence

Washington, DC — Omidyar Network today announced that Zachary Carter, formerly a senior reporter at HuffPost, will join Omidyar Network’s Reimagining Capitalism practice as its first Writer in ...
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Michele Jawando Joins Omidyar Network as SVP of Programs

Washington, DC — Omidyar Network announced that Michele Lawrence Jawando, formerly head of US Strategic Engagement and Public Policy Partnerships at Google, will be joining Omidyar ...
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Frontier Capital: Early Stage Investing for Financial Returns and Social Impact in Emerging Markets

Entrepreneurs serving poorer populations in emerging markets face a variety of challenges that are less common in richer countries—from dysfunctions in banking systems to lack ...
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Bipartisan Coalition of State AGs Bring Suit Against Google’s Search Monopoly

December 17 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a bi-partisan coalition of more than 30 state attorneys general led by Colorado filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. ...
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Teen Vogue: Tell Us Your Plan To Reimagine Capitalism and You Could Win $5,000 to Fund Your Idea

2020 has impacted each and every person in the US on a personal level. It’s also revealed glaring structural problems on a much larger scale.  ...
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Winners of Global Photo Competition to Spotlight Human Impact of COVID-19 Announced

By Thomson Reuters Foundation The Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) and Omidyar Network revealed today the winners of the ‘COVID-19: The Bigger Picture’ photo competition. Launched ...
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