Last month, the Biden-Harris administration elevated science to the highest levels of the administration, making the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy a cabinet level office. While this announcement was praised by many, questions remain regarding what this newly elevated office will address growing public concerns regarding invasive technologies, unregulated tech giants and the predatory business models in the gig economy. Many hoped that Congress would update archaic privacy laws or enact broader reforms and though there have been many congressional hearings on a range of topics including facial recognition and optimization algorithms, no broad reform policies have passed. In the absence of federal leadership, state and local governments have led much of the technology policy discourse and legislative actions, but recent revelations about government noncompliance with new state and local laws is raising concerns. ADVERTISEMENTIn California, the law known as AB5 established a three-factor test to decide a worker’s status as an independent contractor, which threatened the business model of app-based, gig companies like Uber and DoorDash. Yet, shortly after this measure became state law, Uber and Lyft issued statements indicating they would not comply with the law and litigation ensued. During this period of legal noncompliance, the gig companies spent over $200 million… Read full this story
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