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Deepfakes and Shallow Truth: AI-Induced Misinformation Calls For a Human-Focused Response
In late March, a video depicting former President Donald Trump being arrested circulated on social media. It was weeks before Trump’s...
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Apr 26, 20236 min read


We Need to Regulate Social Media Content Moderation, But We Can’t Just Eliminate Section 230(c).
The dangerous facilitation of disinformation and misinformation online is now a defining characteristic of social media platforms....
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Mar 14, 20224 min read


Market Imperfections Across Stop & Shop, Brown University, and the Hospital
The American economy is unique for many reasons – most notably, its failure to regulate education and healthcare. In both sectors, this...
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Oct 23, 20216 min read


Merchants of Death: The Thriving, Unregulated Body Brokerage Industry
Organ donors, both living and deceased, play a vital and lifesaving role in modern medicine. Whole-body donors play a role just as vital,...
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Nov 27, 20185 min read


China’s Digital Future: Monopoly Capitalism?
In the last two years, the Shanghai and Beijing Municipal Governments have been on a steady mission to, ostensibly, formalize the...
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Oct 16, 20184 min read


New Divisions: How Old Rifts are Reborn
It looks like any other government website: Just visually unappealing enough to give the impression of fluorescent lights in a waiting...
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Feb 27, 20185 min read


Rebooting Regulation
Technology and politics are deeply intertwined in America. Data analytics drives campaign strategy and policy decisions, and social media...
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Feb 17, 20183 min read


Why Uber Failed in Europe
Uber, the San Francisco based transportation network company founded in 2009, has been incredibly successful in the United States,...
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Jan 6, 20183 min read


Titans of Tech: Regulating Monopolies in the Digital Age
The United States is still haunted by the memories of Gilded Age monopolies: Rockefeller’s Standard Oil, Vanderbilt’s New York Central...
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Dec 13, 20176 min read


Code Red: Liability and the Case for Regulating Code
As technology’s impact expands, the consequences of security vulnerabilities grow steeper. In 2016, the software testing company...
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Dec 13, 20175 min read


Womb for Rent: Regulating the international surrogacy market
This August, India’s legislature drafted a law aimed at shutting the door on a marketplace that lies on both the cutting-edge of science...
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Nov 6, 20168 min read


Sharing Isn’t Caring: The Perils of the Trendiest New Economic Sector
While sitting in heavy traffic, it is easy to fall into conversation with your taxi driver. In one such conversation, my taxi driver in...
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Nov 4, 20166 min read


License the Dream
Jestina Clayton came to America as a refugee from war-torn Sierra Leone and strived to provide for her family by creating and operating...
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Oct 4, 20166 min read


Who is the CFPB Really Protecting?
“A vast bureaucracy with no congressional oversight, that’s digging through hundreds of millions of your credit records to detect fraud,”...
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Jun 6, 20167 min read


The Homeschooling Lobby and the Dangers of Deregulation
When asked about powerful lobbying organizations, state lawmakers across the country often don’t point to the NRA; instead, they refer to...
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Apr 14, 20165 min read


Free-to-Prey: Candy Crush is more like gambling than you think
As politicians continue the battle against gambling addiction by regulating casinos and online poker, a new mobile gaming addiction has...
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Mar 16, 20166 min read


The VW Emissions Scandal’s Real Cost
In September, Volkswagen (VW) admitted that their “clean diesel” vehicles released up to 40 times the legal limit of pollution. This fact...
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Nov 5, 20155 min read


One Step On A Long Road: The EPA and Environmental Justice
On September 29, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized new rules to improve air quality in areas surrounding oil refineries...
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Oct 21, 20156 min read


The Rocky Path to a Green Legacy
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,”...
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Sep 2, 20147 min read


Why that Bridge to the Future is So Expensive
After an election there’s often fleeting talk of compromise. One area that seems ripe for compromise is infrastructure. In 2009, the...
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Nov 12, 20124 min read
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