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Winner of the Writing Competition: "Privacy in the Eyes of the Data Broker" by Jasmine Bae

As our lives become increasingly digitized in the 21st century, our personal choices, habits, and mannerisms have become intertwined with our online identity. Companies of all industries have been increasingly encouraged to manage and collect data of their clients (or potential clients) in order to compete and strategize effectively in the new global economic system. At the same time, consumers are not only more informed about this phenomenon but are also realizing issues with businesses being in charge of their personal and private data.

Gary Briggs, Digital Director for the Bloomberg Presidential Campaign, on the 2020 Elections, Marketing, and the Importance of Family

“I have never been good at the ‘what do you want to be in five years?’ question,” said Gary Briggs, whose prolific career includes time in senior positions at eBay, Google, Facebook, and most recently as the digital director of Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign. For Briggs, it is genuine person-to-person connections that matters at the end of the day.

The End of the Giants?

For the past two decades, the rise of tech companies has been remarkable. However, antitrust rhetoric in political circles may mean we are seeing the beginning of the end for large tech giants.

TechnologyQuang TrinhNovember 10, 2019technological industry, technology, Google, facebook, Amazon, microsoft, politics, anti-trusts, monopoly

Big Tech: The Good, The Bad, and The Antitrust Argument

However, for all the good these companies have done for us, their dominating nature provides the opportunity to completely control innumerable aspects of our lives with no consequences for their actions – something that should also be considered.

Stripping Down Social Media

Americans, on average, spend over two hours on social media daily, and approximately 90% of companies advertise their products and services through social media platforms.

Catch Me if You Can: On Facial Recognition Technology

Although facial recognition technology provides a plethora of benefits to producers, this technology can eventually be deemed illegal; Illinois and Texas already have laws that act against this use of technology.

A Surprising Announcement at Facebook’s Developer Conference: A Dating App

In an announcement endowed with just a smidge of irony, Facebook admitted to wanting to learn even more intimate bits of users’ personal data. However strange this may at first sound, it seems that Facebook is very serious about the project.

Facebook: The New Digital Monopoly

Facebook is not a monopoly in the traditional sense as it neither controls exclusive supply of a good or service nor does it technically have a high barrier to entry to start the business.