Breaking Blackout Black Boxes

A New Policy Brief from the Center on Science & Technology Policy

Breaking Blackout Black Boxes: Roadblocks to Analyzing Platform Political Ad Bans

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The Center on Science & Technology Policy

The Center on Science & Technology Policy is a collaboration between the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy and the Duke Initiative for Science and Society. CSTP serves as an interdisciplinary hub for science and technology policy analysis by bringing together policymakers, academics, non-profits, and industry to explore challenges and generate actionable policy solutions. CSTP brings together policymakers, academics, non-profits, and industry to explore these policy challenges and translate them into innovative policy solutions.

About the Authors

J. Scott Babwah Brennen is the senior research associate at the Center on Science and Technology Studies at Duke University. Before joining CSTP, he led research for the Oxford Martin Programme on Misinformation, Science, and Media at the University of Oxford.

Matt Perault is the Director of the Center on Science and Technology Studies and an Associate Professor of the Practice at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy.