What the TikTok saga teaches us about platform power in politics Henry Farrell - January 19, 2025 TikTok is turning its relationships with users into political might.
Uber wants to limit its drivers’ rights in California. User loyalty is its secret political weapon. Henry Farrell - August 21, 2020 Uber is using “platform power” to sway California voters.
Why Trump and the RNC are spending $10 million to fight Democrats’ voting rights lawsuits Richard Hasen - March 5, 2020 It’s part of a long trend of election litigation that is likely to hit an all-time high in 2020
Uber issues its IPO this week. Tomorrow its drivers are threatening a worldwide strike. Ashley Nunes - May 7, 2019 Who’s for — and who’s against — regulating its relationship with its workers?
This is how social media data can help NGOs Henry Farrell - October 20, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65197" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Stefaan Verhulst is
Information technology can help build peace. This is how. Kristian Hoelscher and Jason Miklian - August 24, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62752" align="aligncenter" width="960"] An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter provides
In Moscow’s local elections, candidates opposed to Putin are running — and winning. Here’s why that matters. Yana Gorokhovskaia - January 2, 2017 [caption id="attachment_67673" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during
How do we research the “sharing” economy — when the data can’t be validated? Andrew Gelman - June 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_41704" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Banners bearing the logos of Airbnb
Can civil-rights law stop racial discrimination on AirBnb? Nancy Leong and Aaron Belzer - May 1, 2016 [caption id="attachment_39892" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Ron Conway of SV Angel, left,
What a garbage crisis tells us about Lebanese politics Rola el-Husseini - August 4, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28203" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Garbage is piled around a car