Communications of the ACM
Breaking Up a Digital Monopoly
How to decompose a vertically integrated digital monopoly to enable competitive services based on a shared data structure.
From ACM Opinion
Silicon Valley Enabled Russian State Propaganda, and Now It's Too Late
Facebook and YouTube could have limited the reach of RT and Sputnik years ago, but they didn't
From ACM Opinion
The Metaverse Will Require Computing Tech No One Knows How to Build
Experts believe building the metaverse will require nearly every kind of chip to be an order of magnitude more powerful than it is today
From ACM Opinion
The Real Action for Tech Regulation Is Far from Washington, D.C.
Congress doesn't seem ready to take on privacy or competition, but states are refusing to wait around
From ACM Opinion
It's Too Late for Meta to Win over Washington
Lawmakers are not interested in the company's proposed concessions
From ACM Opinion
Transparency Can Help Fix Social Media—if Anyone Can Define It
Transparency promises users more insight into and power over social media services, but also signals how much we must figure out
From ACM Opinion
How Congress' Parade of Tech Hearings Totally Lost the Plot
Political theater has replaced anything resembling achievement
From ACM Opinion
Which Crypto Platform Will Rule Them All?
Can Ethereum remain the crypto platform of choice for developers?
From ACM Opinion
Big Tech's Congressional Circus Rolls On
The Congressional response to Big Tech continues to underwhelm
From ACM Opinion
What Is Facebook?
It's a question that's bedeviled the company's own executives for years
From ACM Opinion
No Perfect Solution in Apple's Privacy vs. Child Safety Debate
How do opponents to Apple's child safety features calculate risk, and more importantly, what alternatives do they propose?
From ACM Opinion