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New CLTC White Paper Tackles Tech Industry’s Engagement Maximization
This CLTC white paper, “Tech Has an Attention Problem,” by Aileen Nielsen, a PhD Student at the ETH Zurich's Center for Law & Economics and a Fellow in Law & Tech, examines the potential harms of the technology industry’s widespread practice of “attention harvesting,” using algorithms and other techniques to maximize the amount of time consumers spend using a technology product.
