The hearing featuring Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and others has rules that could allow them to escape serious scrutiny.
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Monopolists Spying on Food Stamp Recipients
A Department of Agriculture pilot program allowing online grocery sales through the food stamp program exposes users to surveillance and predatory marketing, a study finds.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Most Subversive Show on Television
‘Corporate’ co-creators Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman have built a recognizable world based on the vice grip that corporate America holds over the country.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Fiona, Apple, and Amazon: How Big Tech Pays to Win the Battle of Ideas
A leading antitrust scholar has been working for two tech giants and not disclosing it in her work.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
As the Revolving Door Swings
Big Tech could be forestalling platform regulation in a stealthy way.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Section 230 Fight Ended Six Months Ago
Lawmakers demanding an end to the liability shield for Big Tech should have thought about that when they enshrined it in the new version of NAFTA.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon’s Private Government
A new patent cements the company’s aims to use its power over sellers to consolidate control.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech Finds Competent Defenders Hard to Come By
You don’t want the guy who said there would be 500 total deaths from COVID-19 in the United States as your champion.
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Frontline Workers’ Dilemma: Your Money or Your Life
Today on TAP: American workers at the mercy of employers
Posted inCoronavirus
Contact Tracing Versus Civil Liberties
During a pandemic, how can policymakers balance privacy protections with public health?