IRS postpones tax crackdown on gig workers
The IRS announced that they’re delaying the implementation of a new law requiring e-commerce websites to share the tax information of all users who make over $600 in transactions made on those platforms.
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Algorithms are about to take the stand in the Supreme Court
The upcoming Supreme Court case Gonzalez v. Google questions whether social media platforms are no longer protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
The SEC has crypto in the crosshairs
SEC chairman Gary Gensler has come in hot on crypto since taking the post in April 2021.
Political pollsters gets ghosted by Gen Z
Political polling is becoming a lost art as young voters reject annoying robocalls and robotexts. While pollsters are trying to shift to a social media strategy to collect more accurate predictions,
The White House plans to craft an AI Bill of Rights
The White House released a layout for a Bill of Rights that would try to govern how AI systems are developed.
Elon Musk wants Twitter now, actually
Elon Musk is reversing course and offering (once again) to buy Twitter.
Airbnb puts up policy recommendations to support digital nomads
Airbnb released a white paper last week that lays out action items governments can adopt to take advantage of the rise of remote work.
A bipartisan bill hopes to put people in control of their data
A bipartisan bill called the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) would curb a majority of businesses, platforms, advertisers, and other entities from collecting data that can be linked back to a person’s identity.
The Open App Markets Act hopes to kick down both Apple and Google’s walled garden
Apple and Google’s duopoly in the app marketplace may get broken up thanks to a new bill called the Open App Markets Act.
The White House wants to clean up space
The White House doesn’t want space to turn into a junkyard, so it released a plan to clean up the orbit to protect it from spacecraft collisions.