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Roadmap for a Digital Advertising Monopolization Case Against Google

Today, we unveiled a groundbreaking roadmap for a possible monopolization case against Google based on the dominant position it built and maintained over critical elements ...
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What Americans Think About Worker Power and Organization: Lessons from a New Survey

The coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented public health and economic crisis. But it also represents a crisis of worker voice. As recent labor ...
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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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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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Robust Ecosystems Are Key To Equitable EdTech

With excitement, we share our new report, Scaling Access & Impact: Realizing the Power of EdTech, one of the most ambitious deep dives to date into ...
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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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The KIDS Act Puts the Pressure On Big Tech (not parents) to Make Platforms Safe for Kids

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 ...
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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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Trends to Watch in 2020 & Beyond

As far as decades go, this one has started off with a bang. Mainstreaming populism, climate emergency, a global pandemic and dramatic market response, rampant ...
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