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Dominant web services will often incentivize mobile phone carriers to provide their customers access to their services at zero cost to the customer’s data plan, also known as zero-rating. In new research, Bruno Renzetti argues that this behavior can be a form of exclusionary conduct designed to solidify the monopolies of dominant online platforms and services that ultimately harms consumers even if it appears to lower their data costs at first glance.

Despite the wide availability of data, ensuring independent access to data sources has never been more crucial. How can researchers engage in data sharing...

Researchers discovered that the introduction of Uber had negative impacts on transportation, findings that required cooperation with public authorities when Uber refused to share...

New research observing 100 years of concentration in economic activities and investment in research and development shows that the dominance of large businesses has...

The current reforms being debated in the US and Europe to tackle the challenges posed by tech giants tend to see more competition as...

Achieving a truly open internet is only possible through robust online competition free from the control of today’s digital gatekeepers like Facebook and Google....

Antitrust enforcers have tended to stay narrowly “in their lane,” failing to engage with how data is collected and used by digital giants and...

Three decades of finance, economics, and legal studies in corporate governance have been built substantially on data sets with nearly unknown provenance. A new...

Do the new iOS 14 privacy features violate antitrust laws? If Facebook brings an antitrust suit against Apple, as it is reportedly considering, there...

By convincing users to give away their data for free, digital platforms have caused a market failure. This failure benefits them and harms us,...