TY  - SER
AU  - Cinnamon, Jonathan 
TI  - Platform philanthropy, ‘public value’, and the COVID-19 pandemic moment
PY  - 2020///
PB  - sage
N2  - This commentary examines the COVID-19 pandemic as a moment of strategic advancement for digital platforms. Focusing on the redeployment of Google Maps data for tracking adherence to mobility restrictions, I argue that demonstrating such ‘public value’ uses of Google’s vast geolocation and behavioral data forms part of a larger effort to strengthen their economic and political position in the face of two existential threats—declining advertising revenues and platform regulation
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820620933860
ER  -