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“What’s the point of coming in if none of your co-workers are there? If you have to force employees to do something you think is in their benefit, it’s not in their benefit.” — Nicholas Bloom, Professor of Economics, Stanford ​University
[Twitter] can turn the content moderation up and please liberals or turn it down and please conservatives and libertarians, but “there’s no place on that slider that will make all the partisans happy.” — Eric Goldman, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University
“He's never been in this business. He’s been in a scattershot of businesses that have nothing to do with media or communication.” — Siva Vaidhyanathan, Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia
“It is possible that even the U.S. Congress will now conclude that they are done watching from the sidelines when the E.U. regulates U.S. tech companies and will move from talking about legislative reform to actually legislating.” — Anu Bradford, Professor of Law, Columbia University
“But [working in the office two or three days a week and remotely the remainder of the week] does not allow an employee to move to another metro area entirely because they must still commute to work on some days.” — Nicholas Bloom, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
“There’s a web3 that’s out there which is wonderful and trying to make the world a better place, but just by labeling something web3, it doesn’t mean power dynamics will magically reverse.” — Kevin Werbach, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
“Russia’s network of grey propaganda creators know how to package content up for TikTok and other formats.” — Kate Starbird, Director, University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP)
“Today’s ruling means California can continue to enforce its net neutrality law and protect Californians against unfair practices by the companies they pay to get online.” — Barbara van Schewick, Professor of Law, Stanford University
“It’s time to stop pretending like this is so different from other types of societal harms” — Ryan Calo, Professor of Law, University of Washington
“The return-to-office date has died. Endless waves of Covid have led most CEOs to give up, and instead set up contingent policies: if, when and how to return to the office.” — Nicholas Bloom, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
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