But the attention of lawmakers is starting to turn to the concentration of data wealth in the hands of a few companies. Davey Alba, the tech team’s new reporter on disinformation, wrote about how Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, told Congress that the company would share a huge amount of data related to disinformation. Natasha Singer profiled Baroness Beeban Kidron, a member of Britain’s House of Lords who is fighting Big Tech on behalf of children’s privacy. “My conclusions may surprise some people who identify Chicago faculty, especially the economic and financial faculty, with a certain ideology. Chicago faculty, however, abide to a method, not an ideology,” Mr. Zingales said.

Source: New York Times January 03, 2020 13:52 UTC