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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026

Data brokers produce mountains of raw material used in every form of scam and torture. It's data brokers who power gig economy "algorithmic wage discrimination" system, where nurses and others get lower pay based on how much credit card debt they're carrying: pluralistic.net/2024/12/18/l... 6/

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Pluralistic: Nurses whose shitty boss is a shitty app (17 Dec 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026

Banning data brokers would make great sense, which is why Biden's CFPB banned data brokers (only to have Trump un-ban them): pluralistic.net/2025/05/15/a... 7/

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Pluralistic: Trump’s CFPB kills data broker rule (15 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026

So the feds (both Congress and the executive) have surrendered, and that leaves states alone on the battlefield fighting the privacy wars alone. State legislatures have taken some big steps, but - crucially - they've stopped short of banning data brokers from operating within their borders. 8/

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