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Frank Pasquale

Frank Pasquale is Professor of Law at the University of Maryland and author of The Black Box Society, forthcoming.

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Politics

Quantifying Love

Reputational currency, like China's Social Credit Score, rebrands repression as rational nudging. And these algorithmic governance models are spreading.

Frank Pasquale

Class & Inequality

Will Amazon Take Over the World?

What the rise of megaplatforms means for the rest of us.

Frank Pasquale

Forum Response

Response to Saving Privacy

The real problem is the blurring of military and police power.

Frank Pasquale

Class & Inequality

Big Finance's Best Friend

In January, the Economist published a cover titled “Save the City,” portraying bankers in London—specifically, the City of London, Britain’s Wall Street—as latter-day Churchills fending off a blitzkrieg of misguided critics.

Frank Pasquale

Arts in Society, Class & Inequality

Names, Trains, and Corporate Deals

The never-ending budget crises of American cities are claiming another victim: public transit.

Frank Pasquale

Law & Justice, Politics

Digital Culture Wars

Contemporary American politics privileges policing and punishment, while marginalizing the arts and the commons.

Frank Pasquale

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