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America is a world leader in allowing private companies to levy taxes on its citizens, including (stay with me here), *a tax on paying your taxes*.
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In most of the world, tax authorities prepare everyone's returns, sending a form with all their tax details - collected from employers and other regulated entities, like pension funds and commodities brokers, who must report income to the tax office.
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The original sin of tech boosters and critics is an undue focus on what a technology *does*, rather than who it does it *to* and who it does it *for*. When it comes to technology's effect on our daily lives, the social arrangements matter much more than the feature-sets. 1/
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This is the premise behind my idea of the #ShittyTechnologyAdoptionCurve: if you want to do something horrible to people with technology, you must first inflict it on people without social power. 3/
(1/) Competing in search starts from crawling the web. You can't serve up search results if you can't crawl the web.
Crawling the web is very hard today because of the discriminatory and #anticompetitive nature of how crawlers are treated on the web. 🧵
Crawling the web is very hard today because of the discriminatory and #anticompetitive nature of how crawlers are treated on the web. 🧵
(2/) We need "crawl neutrality" on the Internet, similar to net neutrality
@matthewstoller @econliberties @EFF @superwuster @amyklobuchar @ChuckGrassley @RepAnnaEshoo, @Deese44 @OmidyarNetwork @accountabletech, @ChuckGrassley, @lutherlowe @Public_Citizen @publicknowledge @amprog
@matthewstoller @econliberties @EFF @superwuster @amyklobuchar @ChuckGrassley @RepAnnaEshoo, @Deese44 @OmidyarNetwork @accountabletech, @ChuckGrassley, @lutherlowe @Public_Citizen @publicknowledge @amprog
(3/) Building a comprehensive index of the web is a prerequisite to competing in search. First step for Neeva search engine is “downloading the Internet” via Neeva’s crawler (Neevabot)
However, many sites only allow Google and Microsoft unfettered access to crawl/collect info
However, many sites only allow Google and Microsoft unfettered access to crawl/collect info
I’ve spent the summer mostly offline w/ my newborn, but I’ve still been immersed in & moved by the momentous challenges our country has been confronting. So, as I come back online, I want to share some thoughts & questions about the @FTC’s role & how we can be #antiracist. 1/14
I’ve advocated for stronger #enforcement of our #ConsumerProtection laws to address racial inequities affecting Black communities— some examples include predatory lending and sales practices; 2/14 ftc.gov/public-stateme…
#Discrimination in auto financing; 3/14 ftc.gov/public-stateme…
When you say "opening" & "sharing", @DCMS, what exactly do you mean?
When I did a quick search, in order to see any details I was required to subscribe - for a *minimum* of £13.99 per month!
Why are you #advertising (thereby #endorsing) a single company's #commercial offering?
When I did a quick search, in order to see any details I was required to subscribe - for a *minimum* of £13.99 per month!
Why are you #advertising (thereby #endorsing) a single company's #commercial offering?
As Rachel points out, given the company @DCMS is #promoting, the perception of #favouritism (even if not the reality) seems dodgy at best:
Even if DCMS isn't being paid (one assumes...) doesn't @CMAgovUK have rules about such #anticompetitive behaviour?
Even if DCMS isn't being paid (one assumes...) doesn't @CMAgovUK have rules about such #anticompetitive behaviour?
Just leaving this here for reference, in case @DCMS decides to have second thoughts on its tweet...
