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Different business models have evolved for providing information on the Internet, including search engines, which make money from advertising; subscription web sites; and free web sites which drive off-line sales. Scholars examine the evolution of this marketplace and its implications for content providers and businesses.

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TAP Academics

Alessandro Acquisti
Carnegie Mellon University
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising, Artificial Intelligence

Mike Ananny
University of Southern California
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet

Susan Athey
Stanford University
Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising, Media and Content, Artificial Intelligence

Jack M. Balkin
Yale University
Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Wireless

danah boyd
Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Erik Brynjolfsson
Stanford University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work

M. Ryan Calo
University of Washington
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work

Kate Crawford
Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Jon Crowcroft
University of Cambridge
Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet, Networks and Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence

James Dempsey
University of California, Berkeley
Privacy and Security, Internet

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Platform Businesses Are Just as Vulnerable as Brick-and-Mortar to Economic Stressors of Pandemic

Professors Geoffrey Parker, Dartmouth College, and Marshall Van Alstyne, Boston University, share insights into why some platform-based businesses have been able to pivot and thrive amidst the COVID-19 restrictions while others flounder.

TAP Staff Blogger

September 15, 2020

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Fact Sheets

Privacy and Consumers

There are a number of privacy issues related to how online companies collect, store, use and share personally identifiable information; and how consumers are informed about what is done with their information online.

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Apple's 'Extreme' App Policies Give Google Defense in Fortnite Antitrust Suit

“Having other options definitely makes it a bit harder to say something is anticompetitive,” Economides said, speaking generally about app stores.“ With Apple, things are extreme because there’s no alternative whatsoever. That makes for a stronger potential case.” — Nicholas Economides, Professor of Economics, New York University

Nicholas Economides
Reuters
August 17, 2020

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Weaponized Narrative is The New Battlespace

Weaponized narrative, the use of disinformation to undermine opponents, is increasingly important to national security. The United States lags behind Russia, China, and other powers in using weaponized narrative.

By: Braden Allenby, Joel Garreau

January 3, 2017

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