Description
This paper aims to examine to what extend Europol associated the 'No More Ransom' project is a genuine online sharing platform. It investigates Europol’s executives claim with sharing economy variables; technology-driven accessibility, transaction cost, and trust-building through three beneficiaries of the platform: victims, law enforcement agencies (LEAs), and private companies. The article's core argument is that 'No More Ransom' is a fully-fledged sharing platform for victims to download decryptors. However, as for LEAs and private companies, it needs to be developed further in terms of transaction cost and trust-building mechanisms to enhance public-private partnership (P3).
