People Power, Investigative Media + Boycotts Work When Regulations Don't

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That's a good thing to know here in "loosely-regulated" Arizona with its "business-friendly" economic environment that can fast-track too many entitlements

Media exposés and boycotts from big-name advertisers are doing what government regulators haven't: They're forcing the country's biggest tech companies to change their products, policies and strategies.

[Remember the fight for Martin Luther King Day? and Craig Harris reporting on Arizona Charter schools, . . or

> Racial-Profiling that cost Maricopa County taxpayers over $150,000,000

> Rampant real estate speculation and close "family-and-friends?" connections

> Way too many days of HIGH POLLUTION that create hazards to public health

> Low achievement proficiencies in Arizona public schools

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TIME TO GET BUSY HERE IN ARIZONA

• Why it matters: Despite an onslaught of hearings and statements from Washington, virtually no regulation has actually passed to significantly address privacy practices.
• The early 2020 conversation includes a call to "break up" big tech — led by Elizabeth Warren's proposal targeting Google, Facebook and Amazon. But the proclamations have yet to be backed up by any concrete action.

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