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No one wants unfair prices. But families rely on coupons, discounts, and loyalty programs to make ends meet – and those data-driven deals will vanish if pending state bills pass. Check out our new campaign to learn more: progresschamber.org/project/more-w…
There’s a lot of talk about “surveillance pricing.” But the everyday reality is that coupons, discounts, and loyalty offers are powered by data - and threatened by pending bills. We’re launching a new campaign, More Ways to Save, to protect those deals:
In my @A1Policy capacity, I submitted an amicus brief in support of the @DeptofWar in its case against Anthropic at the DC Cir. In it, I make a simple argument: decisions concerning warfare and national security must remain under the control of officials accountable to the President, not private actors lacking such accountability. Link to the brief is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
When companies collude to prevent competition, it undermines the freedom and fairness of our markets. When that collusion also prevents the spread of ideas they don’t like, it undermines our basic rights as citizens to speak and be heard. Today, the FTC took monumental steps to promote economic competition and stop collusive censorship.
GenAI is the foundation for the Commercial Surveillance 3.0 era. Ads, marketing, sales is what AI is being shaped to deliver--with less privacy, autonomy, & greater control by #BigTech. This headline underscores where it's headed: OpenAI has quietly launched its ads manager as it races to build out its ads business bit.ly/3QEc1Ot
Where does meaningful digital consumer privacy protection, regulation of commercial surveillance (inc for minors) & real competition policy come from @joellthayer--its the EU (inc. Coppa). Their policies help all Americans. Instead of undermining critical protections, you should be supporting them.
New Substack Alert! In my latest, I write how the Trump Administration’s “Play Fair” Doctrine for the EU should be celebrated. open.substack.com/pub/joelthayer…
