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Omidyar Network Provides Needed Communications Support for Campaigns Working to Create Economic Equity

August 3, 2020

Omidyar Network announced a cohort of five people who will serve as part of the first ever Omidyar Network Communications Fellows Program. The full press release, here.

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#21: Beneficial Tech — The Times They Are a Changin'

Sarah Drinkwater shares insights with Civic Signals on the newly launched Ethical Explorer Pack. 

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Big Tech Goes on Shopping Spree, Brushing Off Antitrust Scrutiny

Bloomberg mentioned Omidyar Network's antitrust paper series, and David Dinielli shared more insights, here. 

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DOJ, FTC in Talks with U.K. Over Facebook, Google Probes

July 20, 2020

Omidyar Network was mentioned in a Politico article on actions spurred from the antitrust paper series. Article here. 

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How Econ 101 Upholds Racist Systems (with Joelle Gamble)

Joelle Gamble shares insights on how economic theories can perpetuate racist outcomes.

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The Responsible Tech Movement Just Got Its Field Guide

Sarah Drinkwater shares insights on the launch of the Ethical Explorer Pack.

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An Ethics Guide for Tech Gets Rewritten With Workers in Mind

The Ethical Explorer Pack is designed to help Silicon Valley's rank and file—not just CEOs—steer products away from harmful directions.

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Facebook accused of squashing rivals by former antitrust official

The Financial Times covered one of Omidyar Network's antitrust papers in the policy series here. 

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Dodd Frank Ten Years On: Why We Still Need Structural Reform of the Financial Sector

July 16, 2020

Chris Jurgens shares insights on the tenth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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Introducing the Ethical Explorer Pack

July 13, 2020

This toolkit is a direct response to the need we’ve seen and heard from makers and builders—as well as their collaborators—for a digestible, actionable resource to steward ethical tech.

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The Open-Source, Identity Platform MOSIP Hits a New Milestone

July 1, 2020

In late 2018, Omidyar Network invested in International Institute for Information Technology—Bangalore (IIIT-B) to develop a modular, open-source, identity platform (MOSIP). And today, we can share that three countries—Morocco, Philippines, and Ethiopia—have adopted the customizable, open source digital platform on which they plan to build secure, standards-compliant, vendor-neutral, and scalable national ID systems.

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