In 2014, Facebook (now Meta) acquired two burgeoning social media firms, WhatsApp and Instagram, with no FTC or DOJ scrutiny. People celebrated the acquisitions and the lack of regulatory scrutiny. In the years since, the negative externalities from Meta’s mon... More »
Data analysis and visualizations by Vishal Joseph.In the past decade, the value of cryptocurrencies and digital assets has grown exponentially, rising from $14 billion in 2015 to $2 trillion this March (Fig. 1).Figure 1: The market capitalization of cryptocurr... More »
On May 12th, in the aftermath of the SolarWinds cyber-attack, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) to strengthen the United States’ cybersecurity infrastructure and practices. The order covered a broad list of topics, including new policies, processe... More »