A progressive tech platform for the 99 percent

[Commentary] Hillary Clinton's tech agenda doesn't address the most pressing digital issues. The US deserves a tech platform that defends privacy, protects the public from discriminatory algorithms, and ensures that innovation doesn't just benefit the wealthy. This tech platform is designed around the best interests of the general public – it is time to bring technology under the control of the people it was meant to serve, not the 1 percent who seek to use it to further exploit the unsuspecting and enrich themselves.

1. Glide paths for the sharing economy
2. Digital feudalism, algorithmic discrimination, and financial inclusion
3. Open curricula for education
4. Universal broadband and truth in telecom advertising
5. Micro-generation and smart grids
6. User control over user data and data collection protections
7. Open technology for all public investments
8. Lay the groundwork for intelligent transportation
9. Open standards for health IT and patient access to data
10. Make the US CTO a cabinet-level appointment

[Meinrath is the Palmer Chair in Telecommunications at Penn State and director of X-Lab]