Uber wants to limit its drivers’ rights in California. User loyalty is its secret political weapon.
Uber is using “platform power” to sway California voters.
Why Trump and the RNC are spending $10 million to fight Democrats’ voting rights lawsuits
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.
Who’s for — and who’s against — regulating its relationship with its workers?
This is how social media data can help NGOs
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Information technology can help build peace. This is how.
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In Moscow’s local elections, candidates opposed to Putin are running — and winning. Here’s why that matters.
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How do we research the “sharing” economy — when the data can’t be validated?
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Can civil-rights law stop racial discrimination on AirBnb?
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What a garbage crisis tells us about Lebanese politics
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