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Facebook Gives Academics Access To Data

April 30, 2019
EU Academics Say Tech Firms Shouldn’t Be Broken Up, Should Share Data Instead
Regulation // April 04, 2019

A group of academics appointed by EU antitrust regulators say tech companies should be compelled to share data with each other, as an alternative to breaking them up, Reuters reported. The academics, appointed by European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager a year ago to explore challenges the...

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Facebook Gives Academics Access To Data

April 30, 2019
More than 60 academics from around the world will receive access to Facebook‘s data for the first time. The social media giant, which boasts 2.4 billion monthly users, will allow academics to look at websites linked by Facebook users from January 2017 to February 2019, as well as the system that advertisers and marketers use […]

EU Academics Say Tech Firms Shouldn’t Be Broken Up, Should Share Data Instead

April 04, 2019
A group of academics appointed by EU antitrust regulators say tech companies should be compelled to share data with each other, as an alternative to breaking them up, Reuters reported. The...