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192 Data Dystopia: Privacy and Regulation
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
As the Cambridge Analytica scandal continues to unfold, Joan Shorenstein Fellow Dipayan Ghosh, who recently left Facebook's Privacy and Public Policy team, joins us for a double-header on data privacy, digital advertising, and their effect on our democracies. In this episode, Ghosh walks through the myriad ways companies like Facebook and Google collect and leverage data to target users, increase engagement, and ultimately sell advertising. He then discusses the challenges inherent in any effort to regulate the industry.
Released:
Mar 28, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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