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   "text": "The identification of which facts count as relevant or irrelevant can be distorted by the concerns of entrenched interests that find the new technology commercially threatening.",
   "abstract": "Identification of relevant or irrelevant facts may also be distorted or otherwise influenced by the concerns of entrenched interests about new (and commercially threatening) technologies.",
   "citation": "Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531",
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   "text": "The problem is not regulator bad faith: the acceleration of innovation cycles means that selecting the relevant facts is difficult even under the best conditions and with the best intentions, while simply waiting is likely to bring further complications and criticism.",
   "abstract": "the acceleration in innovation cycles means that even in the best conditions and with the best of intentions, selecting relevant facts is a difficult task. And the option of simply waiting seems likely to result in further complications and criticism.",
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