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The workshop featured papers by @ssnstudy, @HeinzCollege; @avi_collis, @HeinzCollege; @ganglmair, @ZEW; @samgarvingold, @Stanford; @econominable, @uclaanderson; Aileen Nielsen, @Harvard_Law; @andsimonov, @Columbia_Biz; and was moderated by James C. Cooper, @georgemasonlaw.
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Wed. Oct 23rd 4:30pm ET: "Behavioral Advertising and Consumer Welfare" - Alessandro Acquisti @ssnstudy - Carnegie Mellon ceri.as/alessandro
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Look what arrived! New edited volume on the economics of privacy. Aimed at scholars looking to get up to speed on the literature and the open questions. With chapters by @ce_tucker @ssnstudy @garjoh_canuck Amalia Miller and Alessandro Bonatti.
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“It might sound like paranoia to some, but some people really don’t like the idea that they don’t have control over how their data is used.” @ssnstudy was recently quoted in an article for @WSJ regarding privacy-focused browsers.🌐 on.wsj.com/3yQgsge
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“Advertising intermediaries can strategically use the amount of information they collect about consumers in order to benefit mostly themselves…” - Alessandro Acquisti @ssnstudy, Trustees Professor Of Information Technology And Public Policy on.natgeo.com/4b03daS
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thank you and delighted
We want to extend a congratulations to @ssnstudy on being named an inaugural @ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar!🍎 🌟 His outstanding contributions have placed him in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide!🌍 bit.ly/4bo1j3K
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We want to extend a congratulations to @ssnstudy on being named an inaugural @ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar!🍎 🌟 His outstanding contributions have placed him in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide!🌍 bit.ly/4bo1j3K

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23 Oct 2023
Alessandro Acquisti su #IntelligenzaArtificiale , #BigData , #privacy , #Democrazia inaugura l'aa 23-24. Incontro in in presenza e in streaming su istao.it/
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Thank you @kashhill! Remarkable how quickly this did indeed happen. Joint research with @RalphGross @fstutzman papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…

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Talking about the great work of @ssnstudy here, who demo’ed in 2010 that a commercial face recognition algorithm paired w/a database of Facebook photos could identify 1 out of 3 Carnegie Mellon students IRL. Then Google bought that company & closed its services to outsiders.
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Who is benefitting from the data economy? Join @ssnstudy in South Hall this Thursday, Sept. 21, to learn more about where economic value from consumer data is directed. 🗓️ 🕙 10:10 am to 11:30 am 📍 205 South Hall ischool.berkeley.edu/events/…
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Can't wait
Huge week for privacy at Cal---we have Alessandro Acquisti on Thursday giving the distinguished lecture at the I School, Who Benefits from the Data Economy? ischool.berkeley.edu/events/… @ssnstudy
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Webinar: @ssnstudy @CarnegieMellon "Policy Impact of Statistical Uncertainty and Privacy" Funding formula reform may help address unequal impacts of uncertainty from data error & privacy protections. TUE 8/29 9am EST Zoom: luohanacademy.zoom.us/j/8469… GCal: calendar.google.com/calendar…
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With me as moderator, privacy/tech researcher @ssnstudy, composer @kamalasankaram & @Disney developer Joe Holt, we’ll discuss how art, tech & research can merge to educate the public on the risks & dangers to our privacy posed by current practices in surveillance capitalism
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Vote for our panel at @sxsw 2024! "Fusing Opera Theatre W/ Research For Social Justice" is based on the @SloanPublic @OperaonTapNYC techno-noir opera "Looking At You," during which audience members are datamined & exposed to their own content
 Vote now: panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/14…

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26 Jun 2023
Published in @CACMmag, Alessandro Acquisti (@ssnstudy) and Ryan Steed’s (@ryanbsteed) column advocates for an interdisciplinary, empirically grounded research agenda on privacy-preserving analytics (PPAs) that connects social and computer scientists. @HeinzCollege
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Thank you Avi for coming over
Thank you to @ssnstudy, @schneierblog and @rossjanderson for organizing a fantastic interdisciplinary workshop bringing together researchers from several disciplines. Program: heinz.cmu.edu/~acquisti/SHB2…
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Kicking off SHB 2023 at @CarnegieMellon @HeinzCollege with @lorrietweet! SHB is co-chaired by @rossjanderson @schneierblog and @ssnstudy
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Why should you be hesitant to purchase a product advertised to you online? “[Recent] studies consistently highlighted a pervasive problem of low-quality vendors in targeted ads,” wrote @ssnstudy, Eduardo Abraham Schnadower Mustri, & @IdrisAdjerid. nytimes.com/2023/04/06/opini… @nytimes
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