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Maryland Becomes First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing for Groceries (www.commondreams.org)
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A new law will ban retailers from using shoppers' personal data to hike grocery prices—but consumer advocates warn it contains loopholes that companies could exploit.

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[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 12 points 22 hours ago

We really need a non profit that buys data on politicians and Billionaires and then just make an app for people to follow them around and harass them to get this banned.

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago

This guy has the right idea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElonJet

Though his posts on Twitter have a 24h delay due to their change in community guidelines.

You can get live information from their website: https://grndcntrl.net/

this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2026
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