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Dr Orla Lynskey on 'data power'

21 September 2017

Orla Lynskey-2016

Dr Orla Lynskey recently gave a public lecture at Trinity College Dublin, where she considered whether large tech companies like Google and Facebook should be reclassified as public utilities, much like water, natural gas, electricity and broadband internet services, and regulated accordingly. Read the Irish Times report below.  

When we talk about data power we talk about the harm extending from this as more than just economic. There are societal implications.

Data power could make 1984 ‘look like a Teddy bear’s picnic appeared in the Irish Times on 21 September 2017.