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Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation

US lawmakers who want to break up big tech have bought into these four myths

For starters, the world has changed since the days of Standard Oil and Microsoft.

Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation
· Jul 31, 2020 · 11:30 pm
A privacy cop won’t make a big difference to the way Facebook handles user data

An independent assessor will lack regulatory guidelines and the insight needed to actually monitor how the company handles the data of its 2.3 billion users.

Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation
· Aug 01, 2019 · 11:30 pm
Should big tech companies like Facebook be broken up? An economist busts three myths

The idea has the support of both Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump. But will it work?

Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation
· Jul 20, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Three things Facebook must do if it wants to win back people’s trust

A scholar of digital trust evaluates the social networking platform’s current efforts and proposes some improvements the company could make.

Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation
· Feb 08, 2018 · 07:30 pm