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LSEImpactBlog out on Facebook as the Internet and the digital romance economy

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Check out my blog on the London School of Economics Impact Blog regarding Facebook and the Digital Romance Economy. Brief overview... Through the  controversial  internet.org initiative, Facebook now serves as  The Internet  to the majority of the world’s marginalized demographic. The Politics of Data series continues with  Payal Arora  discussing the role of Facebook and internet regulation in the global South. While the West have had privacy laws in place since the 1970s, the emerging markets are only now seriously grappling with this. This piece explores some of the unfolding areas of vulnerability in the digital romance economy.