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A policy and research conference exploring the lessons, challenges, and opportunities of competition regulation and enforcement in digital markets, featuring keynotes from MEP Andreas Schwab, Filomena Chirico (European Commission), and Anu Bradford (Columbia University).
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The Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) submitted comments to the United Kingdom regulator for communications services’ (Ofcom) call for evidence on researcher access to information from digital platforms. KGI’s comments highlight barriers to independent research and practical steps that Ofcom can take to strengthen access to data and independent research in the online information ecosystem.
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Late last year, the public got its first glimpse into one of the EU Digital Services Act’s (DSA) key governance tools. Nineteen designated Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines (VLOPs and VLOSEs) published systemic risk assessment and audit reports focusing on platform risks and mitigation measures.
The DSA’s required risk assessments and audits create the possibility to advance groundbreaking platform transparency and accountability, but this first round falls far short of realizing that potential.
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KGI recently submitted comments to the European Commission on its draft Delegated Act on vetted researcher data access, highlighting the connection between vetted access and public access to data, offering recommendations for specific additional categories of data and research that could be enabled under the Act, and underlying the need to understand systemic risks both across platforms and across borders.
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KGI distills research to inform actionable policy concerning platform governance and design, transparency, and competition policy.
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The Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) submitted comments to the United Kingdom regulator for communications services’ (Ofcom) call for evidence on researcher access to information from digital platforms. KGI’s comments highlight barriers to independent research and practical steps that Ofcom can take to strengthen access to data and independent research in the online information ecosystem.
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Late last year, the public got its first glimpse into one of the EU Digital Services Act’s (DSA) key governance tools. Nineteen designated Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines (VLOPs and VLOSEs) published systemic risk assessment and audit reports focusing on platform risks and mitigation measures.
The DSA’s required risk assessments and audits create the possibility to advance groundbreaking platform transparency and accountability, but this first round falls far short of realizing that potential.
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KGI recently submitted comments to the European Commission on its draft Delegated Act on vetted researcher data access, highlighting the connection between vetted access and public access to data, offering recommendations for specific additional categories of data and research that could be enabled under the Act, and underlying the need to understand systemic risks both across platforms and across borders.
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It’s clear that one of the most significant tech stories of the year was the outcome of the Google search antitrust case. It will also make headlines next year and beyond as the remedies phase gets worked out in the courts. For this podcast episode, Tech Policy Press turned the host duties over to someone who has looked closely at this issue: Alissa Cooper, the Executive Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI).
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The decision in US v. Google is remarkable for how it uses insights from behavioral economics to analyze the effects of Google’s exclusive default agreements on competition.
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In this podcast episode, Tech Policy Press crashed a KGI-hosted funeral… for CrowdTangle, a piece of software that allowed journalists and independent researchers to get insights into social media.
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