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Institutions Matter

By Subhashish Bhadra, Principal, Responsible Technology Regulators, governments, and courts have struggled to catch up with today’s rapid technological progress. That’s why Omidyar Network is ...
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Can Encrypted Messaging Be Safe, Inclusive, and Respect Human Rights?

By Wafa-Ben Hassine, Principal, Responsible Technology I believe it can. And it must. As a human rights attorney, I come at this issue thinking about ...
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Keep Voting Until We Get it Right

By Mike Kubzansky, CEO, Omidyar Network  2020 has challenged and consumed us — as individuals and as a society. From the pandemic to politics, to the severe ...
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Privacy Front and Center: Meeting the Commercial Opportunity to Support Consumers Rights

By Jesús Salas, Associate, Responsible Technology American consumers are increasingly concerned about privacy and data security when purchasing new products and services, which may be ...
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New Season of Should This Exist?, Supported by Omidyar Network

By Sarah Drinkwater, Director, Responsible Technology Today our grantee, WaitWhat, launched the second season of Should This Exist?, which earlier this year was nominated by the ...
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A Conversation about Power: Liberation in a Generation

By Nicole Allred, Senior Communications Manager, Omidyar Network “We have to start by acknowledging people are not broken. The systems they operate in are broken, ...
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How to Design For Delight and Connection During the Pandemic

Introducing “Responsible Design for Digital Communities” By Sarah Drinkwater, Director, Omidyar Network In this period of physical distancing, we have had to depend on technology ...
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Why We Invested in Building an Equitable Data Economy

By Sushant Kumar, Principal, Beneficial Technology A version of this post first appeared on LiveMint.com on August 13. “Turn left at the next exit, in ...
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Why we invested in building an equitable data economy

By Sushant Kumar, Principal, Omidyar Network A version of this post first appeared on LiveMint.com on August 13. “Turn left at the next exit, in 200 meters ...
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Dodd Frank Ten Years On: Why We Still Need Structural Reform of the Financial Sector

By Chris Jurgens, Director, Reimagining Capitalism Next week marks the 10 year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This legislation made ...
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