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.