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TechCovid19

Senator Wicker at a hearing in 2019

Lack of privacy law complicates US debate over Covid-19 tracking

Analysis
App developers and state governments in the United States are churning out new technologies for tracking the spread of the coronavirus. In the absence of a national privacy law, experts raise concerns about surveillance and scramble to define the boundaries for data collection during the pandemic.
By Gopal Ratnam
Two bags of groceries from Amazon in front of a home

Will Big Tech emerge as the big winner in the coronacrisis? Not so fast.

Analysis
Big technology companies are getting a break from the “techlash,” but this does not mean that the monopolists are permanently off the hook. The crisis has highlighted privacy and security concerns and well as subpar labor standards in the industry. Social media face additional scrutiny for how they deal with COVID-19 related disinformation.
By Sabine Muscat

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