Incessant Big Tech data collection means that anyone using electronic communication to obtain an abortion puts themselves at risk.
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Man Bites Dog: Mega-Corporation Says It’s OK With Its Workers Unionizing
Today on TAP: Parting company with almost every other U.S. big business, Microsoft says it won’t oppose employee unionization.
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Big Tech’s Back Door to Digital Trade Rules
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is a cat’s-paw for tech monopolies.
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Random D.C. Lobbying Campaign of the Week: The Big Tech Bills
Tech companies are reaching out to small businesses that rely on them, to try to whip up grassroots opposition to legislation that weakens their power.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Clock Ticking on Big Tech Accountability Bills
The industry, and a couple of nervous Democrats, want to keep the legislation forever off the Senate calendar. Chuck Schumer is the key decision-maker.
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Biden’s Main Legislative Accomplishment Is in One Man’s Hands
Mitch Landrieu is overseeing the bipartisan infrastructure law. His record does not inspire confidence in how that might be handled.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s Successor to TPP Is a Boon for Big Tech
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework seeks to prohibit forcing tech companies to share source code or store data locally.
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Rollups: The Big Data Machine Driving Online Sports Betting
DraftKings and FanDuel have maximized internet surveillance to wring as much out of their customers as possible.
Posted inWorking in America
Activision Workers Fight to Unionize
The popular gaming company, in the midst of a $70 billion merger with Microsoft, is resisting a unionization effort in its Raven Software division.
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Altercation: Social Media and White Supremacist Terrorism
A movement that’s both nationalist and global, and largely uncoordinated
