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Omidyar Network Communications Fellows Program Aims to Create a Just Economic System that Works for Everyone

March 25, 2020

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 ...

Playing with Fire: Using Location Data to Track the Coronavirus

March 19, 2020

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 ...

The KIDS Act Puts the Pressure On Big Tech (not parents) to Make Platforms Safe for Kids

March 16, 2020

By Anamitra Deb and Gus Rossi, Responsible Tech, Omidyar Network Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation yesterday that would require technology ...

OurVision for the Future of Workers and Work

March 13, 2020

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 ...

New Merger Guidelines Should Address the Dangers of Increased Dominance in Digital Markets

February 25, 2020

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 ...

Lessons Learned and Our Continued Pledge to Uncover the Impact of Social Media on our Democracy

February 14, 2020

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 ...

Bringing Data Privacy and Protections to Nigeria’s ID Program and Digital Economy: Why We Invested in Paradigm Initiative

February 11, 2020

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 ...