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KEY READINGS 
from our research on The Revolving Door



Erin O’Toole’s Plan For Gig Workers Was ‘Carbon Copied’ From Uber’s Corporate Lobbyists
– Press Progress, September 2021

How Accounting Giants Craft Favorable Tax Rules From Inside Government, by Jesse Drucker and Danny Hakim
– The New York Times, September 2021

Lobbying “from within”: A new perspective on the revolving door and regulatory capture, by Stéphanie Yates and Étienne Cardin-Trudeau
Canadian Public Administration, June 2021

Web of familiar faces connects government with online giants, by Vito Pilieci
Post Media’s Ottawa Citizen, May 2018


Read our research on
THE REVOLVING DOOR


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KEY READINGS
from our research on Academic Capture



Big Tech’s support for Canadian universities risks compromising research integrity, by Vass Bednar
– The Globe and Mail, January 2022

The Steep Cost of Capture, by Meredith Whittaker
Interactions, November–December 2021

Academic Capture: Private Funds + Public Interests, by Vass Bednar
Regs to RichesJanuary 2021

When Scholars Collaborate With Tech Companies, How Reliable Are the Findings?, by Noam Scheiber
The New York Times, June 2020

Carleton’s new election-integrity scholar comes from Facebook. The NDP says that’s like Dracula overseeing the blood supply, by Carl Meyer
National Observer, January 2020

The Invention of Ethical AI: How Big Tech Manipulates Academia to Avoid Regulation, by Rodrigo Ochigame
The Intercept, December 2019


Read our research on
ACADEMIC CAPTURE


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RECENT HEADLINES



Tech money in civil society: whose interests do digital rights organisations represent?, by Jake Goldenfein and Monique Mann
Cultural Studies journal, Volume 36, March 2022

A Google billionnaire’s fingerprints are all over Biden’s science and technology office, by Alex Thompson
Politico, March 2022

Who will regulate the regulators? Big Tech and their influence on government policy, by Rachel Parent
Post Media’s National Post, January 2022

Canada is sleepwalking into bed with Big Tech, as politicos float between firms and public office, by Liisa Ladouceur from FRIENDS
Toronto Star, January 2022

The dark side of social media: What Canada is—and isn’t—doing about it, by Rachel Gilmore
Global News, January 2022

Think Facebook’s bad news? Meta’s man in Ottawa would like a word, by Martin Patriquin
The Logic, December 2021

Canadians should be outraged at the CRTC for reversing its decision on wholesale internet rates, by George Burger
Toronto Star, June 2021

Is Canada Ready for the Platform Regulation Debate?, by Blayne Haggart and Natasha Tusikov
CIGI Online, June 2021

Who’s really got Ottawa’s ear? Paid consultants are everywhere in Ottawa. This so-called ‘shadow public service’ offers expert analysis at a pretty penny, by Shannon Proudfoot
Maclean’s, April 2021

Liberal privacy bill fails to curtail surveillance economy or protect Canadians, by Jim Balsillie
Post Media’s National Post, March 2021


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THE CAPTURE SCENE



In Toronto, Google’s Attempt to Privatize Government Fails—For Now, by Bianca Wylie
Boston Review, May 2020

Influencing the Internet: Lobbyists and Interest Groups’ Impact on Digital Rights in Canada, by Megan Beretta
Citizenship in a Connected Canada, revised November 2020

The Grey Hoodie Project: Big Tobacco, Big Tech, and the threat on academic integrity, by Mohamed Abdalla and Moustafa Abdalla
Proceedings of the 2021 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society, revised April 2021

How is tech lobbying shaping federal policy?, by Megan Beretta
Policy Options, February 2019

Foreign tech giants have more than tripled their lobbying since Justin Trudeau became prime minister, by Murad Hemmadi
The Logic, July 2019

NDP and Conservatives accuse Justin Trudeau of favouring ‘Silicon Valley data giants’ over Canadian tech firms, by Murad Hemmadi
The Logic, July 2019

How Canadian money and research are helping China become a global telecom superpower, by Steven Chase, Christine Dobby, Robert Fife and Sean Silcoff
The Globe and Mail, May 2018

Canada’s spy agency cautions universities about research ties with Huawei, by Steven Chase, Robert Fife and Sean Silcoff
The Globe and Mail, December 2018

Uber hires former Ontario PC president to lobby Ottawa, by Alex Ballingall
Toronto Star, May 2017

Uber boosts its Ottawa lobbying team, by Beatrice Britneff
iPolitics, July 2017

The women in Harper’s inner circle: The women of power and influence next to the PM, by Jennifer Ditchburn
Maclean’s, February 2013

The Shadow Public Service: The swelling ranks of federal government outsourced workers, by David Macdonald
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, March 2011


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PODCAST PEANUTS



How Facebook Bought-Off Canada For Peanuts, by Jesse Brown and Fenwick McKelvey
Canadaland, January 2018


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THE EUROPEAN LENS



UK urged to review lobbying rules after former privacy chief joins law firm, by Vincent Manancourt
Politico, December 2021

The lobby network: Big Tech’s web of influence in the EU, by Max Bank, Felix Duffy, Verena Leyendecker and Margarida Silva
Corporate Europe Observatory and Lobby Control, August 2021

How Google quietly funds Europe’s leading tech policy institutes, by Laurie Clarke, Oscar Williams and Katharine Swindells
The New Statesman, July 2021


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THE WASHINGTON WAY



Tech Oversight Project launches to push for anti-trust legislation in Silicon Valley, by Cat Zakrzewski
The Washington Post, January 2022

Corporate America launches massive lobbying blitz to kill key parts of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion economic plan, by Tony Romm
The Washington Post, August 2021

Lobbyists for Silicon Valley Giants Like Facebook Find Glory Days Are Over, by Julie Bykowicz and Brody Mullins
The Wall Street Journal, June 2021

A Test of the Revolving Door Hypothesis at the FCC, by William T. Gormley
American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23, No. 4, 1979


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NOTABLE BOOKS



Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data, and Corporate Power, by Ari Ezra Waldman
Cambridge University Press, 2021

Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence and How to Limit It, by Daniel Carpenter and David A. Moss, Editors
Cambridge University Press, 2013

Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why, by Frank Baumgartner, Jeffrey Berry, Marie Hojnacki, Beth Leech and David Kimball
University of Chicago Press, 2009


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ABOUT US


Regulatory Capture Lab is a new collaboration between the Centre for Digital Rights and FRIENDS. Together we are building a clear, research-informed picture of how decision-making works in Canada, to document the crossover between public offices and corporate interests, and to stimulate debate about power and influence in Canadian digital policy. Contact us at info@regulatorycapturelab.ca.

Research support for this project was provided by students from McMaster University’s Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program. Graphic art by Michèle Champagne. Edit by No Media.


        



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ABOUT US


Regulatory Capture Lab is a new collaboration between the Centre for Digital Rights and FRIENDS. Together we are building a clear, research-informed picture of how decision-making works in Canada, to document the crossover between public offices and corporate interests, and to stimulate debate about power and influence in Canadian digital policy.

Contact us at info@regulatorycapturelab.ca.








Research support for this project was provided by students from the McMaster University’s Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program. Graphic art by Michèle Champagne. Edit by No Media.

Read our privacy policy.