Drawing on cutting-edge social media research, the authors explain why vetted researchers need to be granted broad access to social media data to meet the objectives of the DSA.
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Despite its growing success and widespread adoption around the world, open banking (OB) struggles to present a coherent identity. Since OB is driven by various justifications, identifying the primary motivations behind regulatory initiatives is crucial for assessing whether the implemented features align with the intended policy objectives.
This op-ed problematizes performance metrics in the field of synthetic data — including such measures as synthetic data utility, quality, and fairness — and argues that these are more than neutral descriptions.
Data cooperatives are a type of data intermediary using long established cooperative models and global regulatory affordances to manage data with or on behalf of members (data producers) for the benefit of members or for trade with external queriers (data users).
This concept paper contextualises, defines, and systematises the concepts of trust and distrust (and their interrelations).
The concept of data justice has been used to denote a shift in understanding of what is at stake with datafication beyond digital rights. This essay speaks to different interpretations of the substance of data justice (ontology), who it applies to (scope), and how it should be upheld (procedure).
Virtual reality—a central technology to Facebook’s metaverse ambitions—is a powerful digital sensor. But whose interests does it serve?
Re-imagining data protection with an Afrofuturist data subject to counter digital racism and reclaim digital humanity.
Datafication is a key concept of digital society referring to the quantification and, often, monetisation of human life through digital information.