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The Fourth Wave of Technology Standardization: What 5G’s Heterogeneous Nature Means for the Future of Technology Governance
Julien CrockettOn May 5, 2020, a group of telecom system operators and network vendors including AT&T, Samsung, and Vodafone published a blog post announcing the formation of the Open Radio Access Network (RAN) Policy Coalition, a new coalition of companies that promotes “open and interoperable solutions” in RAN, the crucial back-end equipment that enables 5G. The […]
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Regulating Privacy Dark Patterns in Practice—Drawing Inspiration from California Privacy Rights Act
Jennifer King & Adriana StephanScholars define dark patterns as user interface design choices that benefit an online service by coercing, manipulating, or deceiving users into making unintended and potentially harmful decisions. Although dark patterns are a subject of interest of policymakers around the globe, to date, little legislation has been enacted to regulate them. This Article analyzes the definition […]
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Exit To Community: Strategies for Multi-Stakeholder Ownership in the Platform Economy
Morshed Mannan & Nathan SchneiderThe platform economy is facing a crisis of accountability. Large Internet platforms, once regarded as sources of hope for democratic social movements or engines of a promising new economy—or, at worst, just superficial distractions—are now facing serious public scrutiny across the globe. The executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been called before the U.S. […]
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