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2026-07-30 12:56 UTC
One way to cut this knot is to enact legislation that *seems* to address the problem, but stuff it with so many loopholes that it does nothing. This lets you declare yourself the people's champion without doing anything to protect them from the donors who prey on your voters. That's the approach they took in Maryland:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/30/something-must-be-done/#there-ive-done-something
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-07-30 12:57
But in California, they're actually *doing something* about surveillance pricing. AB-2564 is a smart, well-written bill that bans surveillance pricing. It contains an easily evaluated test for surveillance pricing and carves out legitimate reasons for offering different prices for the same purchase (for example, when it costs more to deliver the product or service): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2564 14/