By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/04/2026Surveillance pricing is rampant and getting worse all the time. During the Biden administration the FTC held hearings on the practice. 22/ 1150
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/04/2026Biden's FTC developed a detailed, eye-watering record of all the ways that surveillance, combined with digital platforms that can alter prices for every visit by every customer, has resulted in a massive transfer from working people to wealthy investors: pluralistic.net/2024/07/24/g... 23/pluralistic.netPluralistic: FTC vs surveillance pricing (24 Jul 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1227
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/04/2026Unfortunately - and predictably - Trump's new FTC chairman, Andrew Ferguson, killed off that action, replacing it with an initiative that encouraged FTC officials to anonymously rat each other out for being too "woke": pluralistic.net/2025/04/21/t... 24/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Trump’s FTC opens the floodgates for tariff profiteering (21 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1172
