Political microtargeting (PMT) is often associated with data-intensive voter profiling and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. This paper argues that such a framing is increasingly outdated, particularly in tightly regulated contexts. Drawing on expert interviews, social media content analysis and...

We study the competitive impact of content moderation by a dominant online platform. We exploit an exogenous shock that led the largest adult content platform to remove all non-verified content, eliminating 80% of its video library. Using a difference-in-differences approach and leveraging on...

This study examines shoppers' attitudes toward online shopping in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The researchers investigate the effects of perceived benefits, trust, electronic word of mouth (e-WOM) and perceived website quality as antecedents shaping buyer attitudes. The researchers also...