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New analysis offers roadmap to limit Google’s anticompetitive behavior in digital advertising
By Anamitra Deb and Gus Rossi, Responsible Tech, Omidyar Network A path to more fairness, innovation, and responsible tech Today, we unveiled the first in ...
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Facebook, Google Need to Flatten the Disinformation Curve of their Own Making
By Gus Rossi, Principal, Omidyar Network The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an explosion of misinformation, fraud, and fear. And despite their latest set of promises, ...
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Network’s COVID-19 Economic Response Advocacy Fund Aims to Help Working Families Now, Create a Stronger, More Inclusive Economic System Moving Forward
**We were inspired by the large response to this effort and are no longer accepting new applications. As the coronavirus pandemic upends our country’s economy, ...
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Data Protection and Digital Infrastructure Before, During, and After a Pandemic
By Thea Anderson, Director, Responsible Technology and Elizabeth M. Renieris Part one of our exploration into the pathways and pitfalls for good global data protection ...
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Omidyar Network Communications Fellows Program Aims to Create a Just Economic System that Works for Everyone
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on health and financial systems around the world, longstanding economic disparities in the United States are becoming ever more apparent. Individuals ...
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Playing with Fire: Using Location Data to Track the Coronavirus
By Gus Rossi, Principal, Omidyar Network Last week, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. government is in active conversations with Facebook, Google and other tech companies ...
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OurVision for the Future of Workers and Work
Omidyar Network believes that dignified work enables dignified lives. A dignified life means stability and agency. It means we get paid fairly for the work ...
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New Merger Guidelines Should Address the Dangers of Increased Dominance in Digital Markets
By David Dinielli, senior advisor to Omidyar Network and a former special counsel in the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division Imagine a world in ...
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Lessons Learned and Our Continued Pledge to Uncover the Impact of Social Media on our Democracy
By Sarah Drinkwater, Director, Beneficial Technology Two years ago, we announced our commitment to Social Science One as part of a funder collaborative, a first-of-its-kind ...
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Bringing Data Privacy and Protections to Nigeria’s ID Program and Digital Economy: Why We Invested in Paradigm Initiative
By Thea Anderson, Director, Omidyar Network The Nigerian government will issue 100 million unique National Identification Numbers (NIN) to citizens and legal residents–ages 16 and older–in the ...
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