Hospitality and many others have a hidden fee economy, he says. "I tried to rip the veil on some of that in very practical ways for consumers" If you were to pick one of these many online marketplace laws, what would you do? should we ban the practice outright? Should it be more disclosure? if you could pick one thing, what would it be?"
Kara and Scott discuss the impacts of a Texas social media law, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bill to protect children’s data. Also, Adobe acquired Figma. Plus, a mega stock crash at Meta, a bizarre harassment case for eBay, and Russian troll’s impact on the Women’s March. Friend of Pivot, Marta Tellado, stops by to talk about her new book, “Buyer Aware: Harnessing Our Consumer Power for a Safe, Fair, and Transparent Marketplace.”
You can find Marta on Twitter at @MLTellado.
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