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May 14, 2026
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How companies weaponize the terms of service against you | Decoder
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Brendan Ballou
(Founder, The Public Integrity Project & Author, guest)
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Executive Summary
Brendan Ballou's Public Integrity Project is using novel legal strategies, like shareholder demands, to challenge alleged corporate and government corruption, citing examples involving Paramount, TikTok, and the Epstein files.
Forced arbitration clauses, now ubiquitous in terms of service agreements, have created a parallel, corporate-friendly 'shadow justice system,' a trend solidified by Supreme Court decisions like *AT&T Mobility v.
Concepcion*.
The current Supreme Court is described as the most pro-corporate in over a century, making federal-level reform difficult and shifting the focus of consumer and employee rights advocacy to state legislatures.
Creative legal tactics like California's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and 'mass arbitration' are emerging as key strategies for individuals to bypass forced arbitration and hold corporations accountable.
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