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How Can Data Cooperatives Help Build a Fair Data Economy? Laying the Groundwork for a Scalable Alternative to the Centralized Digital Economy
How Can Data Cooperatives Help Build a Fair Data Economy? Laying the Groundwork for a Scalable Alternative to the Centralized Digital Economy
Sarah Nicole, Samuel Vance-Law, Connor Spelliscy, Jeb Bell
Sarah Nicole, Samuel Vance-Law, Connor Spelliscy, Jeb Bell
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This report explores how cooperatives can help address one of the most pressing challenges of the digital era: a Fair Data Economy. How can we return value to the people, communities, and organizations that generate data? And how can we ensure individuals have a voice, a choice, and a stake in their digital lives? Developed through a series of expert and practitioner consultations combined with real-world case studies, this report brings together insights from cooperative leaders, technologists, academics, and policy experts to catalyze meaningful movement toward cooperative data futures.
This report explores how cooperatives can help address one of the most pressing challenges of the digital era: a Fair Data Economy. How can we return value to the people, communities, and organizations that generate data? And how can we ensure individuals have a voice, a choice, and a stake in their digital lives? Developed through a series of expert and practitioner consultations combined with real-world case studies, this report brings together insights from cooperative leaders, technologists, academics, and policy experts to catalyze meaningful movement toward cooperative data futures.
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