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PUSHING FOR ANTITRUST POLICY: A coalition of independent businesses launched Tuesday with the goal of urging federal policy reform to rein in the market power of top tech companies.
The coalition, Small Business Rising, specifically takes aim at Amazon accusing the e-commerce giant of anti-competitive tactics and harming small firms nationwide.
The coalition is urging lawmakers to help break up and regulate the tech companies it called monopolies.
It s also urging lawmakers to block dominating corporations from engaging in abusive tactics by strengthening antitrust laws, as well as outlawing “mega-mergers.”
Amazon pushed back on the coalition’s criticism, saying it has in fact empowered small and mediums-sized businesses.
The problem of memories being fossilized digitally
I feel lucky to call @LaurenGoode a friend for many reasons that have nothing to do with work, but she is also an uber talented journalist, writer and essayist as is evident here. https://t.co/uDcxWtWzhg Jason Del Rey (@DelRey) April 6, 2021
Lauren Goode discusses what it s like to have social media platforms remind her of an event that is no longer happening. To see ads that are no longer relevant. To remind her of something that likely causes a lot of heartache.
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THE 46TH “Dianne Feinstein signals she’s open to abandoning Senate filibuster for voting rights,” by the LA Times’ Jennifer Haberkorn: “The idea of eliminating the filibuster or making it harder to do has gained momentum among Senate Democrats concerned Republicans would use the tool to block all of President Biden’s agenda.”
Go read this powerful story about how the internet never lets you forget
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The technology and social media we use every day constantly bombard us with things we’ve shared in the past or advertise to us based on who they think we are. Those past posts can be fun to relive, and every once in a while, those targeted ads do actually work. But
Wired senior writer (and former
Verge staffer) Lauren Goode published a powerful and personal story about how these technologies can also haunt us with memories of times we may want to forget.
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