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Democratizing Tech Giants! A roadmap

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  • Hans Gersbach

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How society should deal with the self-strengthening Tech Giants is a much-discussed issue. We suggest to democratize them by giving users a say in their decisions. With newly-developed collective decision rules and user councils, democratization of Tech Giants becomes feasible and complements, e.g., competition and basic data protection laws.

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  • Hans Gersbach, 2020. "Democratizing Tech Giants! A roadmap," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 351-361, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ecogov:v:21:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1007_s10101-020-00244-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10101-020-00244-5
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