The Law of the Platform.

The article discusses the legal aspects of a global sharing economy (platform economy) involving startup companies in places such as San Francisco, California and Great Britain which utilize digital platform technology as of 2016, and it mentions the impacts that the platform economy is having on consumer protection laws, safety and health regulations, and zoning laws in places such as the U.S. Web 3.0 third-generation digital business models are examined, along with economies of scale.