Will they survive an intense and preposterous lobbying campaign by the U.S. platform giants to brand them as discriminatory against American companies?
digital privacy
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street Stokes Culture War to Fight Swipe Fee Reform
The credit card industry is attempting to whip up right-wing hysterics to fight a bipartisan financial reform.
Posted inTAP
The Alliance to Rein In Big Tech
Today on TAP: Give the platform monopolies credit for one thing. They are helping to create new areas of bipartisanship.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Predators Making Big Profits From Poverty
The shady tax refund industry skims onerous junk fees from low-income returns and shares personal taxpayer data in the process.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Federal Highway Safety Regulator Torpedoes Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Legislation
The federal regulator cites concerns over hacking, but that argument is an industry pretext.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Can Digital Credentials Boost Enrollment in Social Welfare Programs?
A new study says yes, but barriers will persist.
Posted inEducation in America
The Companies AI Might Replace Aren’t Exactly Good
A review of Chegg, an online education tutor that’s threatened by ChatGPT, suggests that a bigger problem than AI is what we allow businesses to get away with.
Posted inTAP
The Global Race to the Bottom
Today on TAP: Will the Biden administration help Big Tech undermine consumer regulation by the EU and Asian nations?
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Half-Operational Digital Immigration Office
Want to apply for asylum? The government has an extremely janky app for that.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Big Retail Surveils Food Stamp User Data
SNAP beneficiaries can now shop online. Payday lenders are hoping to advertise to them.
