2024-05-22T09:55:39-07:00 2023-12-31 364646546 TILTON & COMPANY PC 510 BOSTON POST RD WESTON MA 02493 990EZ 2023-01-01 882984963 Fradkin Foundation for Economic Research FRAD 2019216276 240 Sidney Street 311 Cambridge MA 02139 Andrey Fradkin President & CEO 2024-05-22 true Andrey Fradkin 999009999 true Daniel Tilton CPA P01224693 7813732244 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X sites.google.com/view/fradkinfoundation/home X X 75275 X 75275 0 0 0 0 75275 36648 33722 70370 4905 65675 70580 65675 70580 65675 70580 65675 70580 To advance public understanding of the economic and societal consequences of digital and data-centric technologies, including the Internet, through rigorous empirical research and the provision of new tools which aid that research. To support rigorous economic research that aims to improve decision making by government, industry, and the scientific community. The Fradkin Foundation was incorporated and set up the infrastructure to receive and administer funds. It received a first tranche of funding from the Internet Society Foundation in pursuit of a grant to study the economic consequences of dark patterns on the internet. Dark patterns are digital interfaces that manipulate or coerce users into actions that they may not take otherwise.The foundation will seek to answer the following questions:- How effective are companies user interface designs in manipulating consumers data sharing decisions?- How do dark patterns change the economic outcomes that consumers face via changing their data sharing decisions? In particular, how do changes in data sharing affect the ads that consumers see, the types of websites they browse, and their consumption patterns?Does the removal of dark patterns affect different companies differently? If so, what can we say about the indirect effects of dark patterns on consumers via changes in competition?In order to pursue this research, the foundation needed a new piece of software for conducting research studies on line. The foundation negotiated a joint contract between itself, Harvard Business School, and Audacious Software to develop software for the purpose of the research objectives. This software is slated to be developed in 2023 and research studies will begin once the software development is finished. 75275 70370 70370 Andrey Fradkin President & CEO 0 0 Dean Eckles Director 0 0 David Jackson Director 0 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false Corporation 240 Sidney Street Unit 311 Cambridge MA 02139 2019216276 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 75275 75275 150550 0 0 75275 75275 150550 0 150550 0 0 0 150550 X 0.00000 Other Expenses.1 Outside Contract Services $33722