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NEW POLL: As Congress Stalls on Stimulus, Americans Support Direct Action to Improve the Economy

For Immediate Release December 15, 2020 Contact: [email protected] Continued Economic Anxiety Among Public Underlies Desire for Government Action Washington, DC – As the Senate continues ...
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FTC v Facebook

For Immediate Release: December 9, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 state attorneys general filed antitrust lawsuits against ...
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Covid-19 spurs national plans to give citizens digital identities

MOSIP, an open-source platform developed in India, will be central to many of those efforts WHEN MILLIONS of migrant workers were forced by India’s sudden ...
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Fair value? Fixing the data economy

The data economy is facing a social reckoning say leading voices in industry, government, and academia. But what went wrong? And how can we fix ...
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FACEBOOK IS EVERYWHERE.

A special opinion section on the impact of technology monopolies. Facebook is where you check the latest happenings with your family, liking or loving (with ...
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Omidyar Network’s Statement on US v. Google, Filed Today by the US Department of Justice

Today marks a new chapter in the long history of US enforcement of antitrust law. The filing of this lawsuit is recognition that digital platforms, namely Google, ...
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COVID-19: The Bigger Picture

The fourth essay in the COVID-19: The Bigger Picture series in partnership with Thomson Reuters Foundation, the essay and photos documents the impact of working ...
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Omidyar Network’s Official Statement on Today’s Report Issued by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law

The House Judiciary subcommittee’s recommendations released today represent the most comprehensive response from Congress to date on anti-competitive conduct in the tech sector. After a ...
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NEW POLLING: ‘Struggling’ Voters Express Bipartisan Agreement for Government Approaches to Economic Recovery

For Immediate Release September 29, 2020 Contact: [email protected] NEW POLLING: ‘Struggling’ Voters Express Bipartisan Agreement for Government Approaches to Economic Recovery Omidyar Network Launches New ...
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Milton Friedman’s Vision Has Failed. Let’s Bury It and Move On.

Commentary by Mike Kubzansky, CEO of Omidyar Network, in Barron’s Fifty years ago this week, economist Milton Friedman wrote that, “There is one and only ...
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