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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/6G/statuses/112617706993531855">Six Grandfathers Mountain (6g@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 00:45:47 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@6G" title="6g@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/87789-48-20231210072444.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Six Grandfathers Mountain" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Six Grandfathers Mountain</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski">@jeffowski</a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RealPage" rel="tag">#RealPage</a> allegedly replaces competitive decisionmaking on prices, with a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pricefixing" rel="tag">#pricefixing</a><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-backs-tenants-price-fixing-case-big-landlords-real-estate-tech" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-backs-tenants-price-fixing-case-big-landlords-real-estate-tech</a></p><p> Not every use of an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithm" rel="tag">#algorithm</a> to set price violates federal law, but it is unlawful when, competitors ⭕knowingly ⭕combine their nonpublic pricing and supply information in an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithm" rel="tag">#algorithm</a> that they rely upon in making pricing decisions, with the expectation that other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/competitors" rel="tag">#competitors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landlords" rel="tag">#landlords</a> will do the same</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3246516#notice-6406517">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-06-16T00:45:47+09:00" title="Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 00:45:47 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@6G/112617706993531855" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@6G/112617706993531855">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2787806">DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big Landlords and a Real Estate Tech CompanyA ProPublica investigation last year about RealPage’s rent-setting software led to federal lawsuits asserting inflated apartment prices</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/617/700/687/021/841/original/436e69cf5931f2ea.jpg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/617/700/687/021/841/original/436e69cf5931f2ea.jpg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: img.assets-d.propublica.org</div><h5><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-backs-tenants-price-fixing-case-big-landlords-real-estate-tech">DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big Landlords and a Real Estate Tech Company</a></h5><div> from <span>@propublica</span></div></header><div>A ProPublica investigation last year about RealPage’s rent-setting software led to federal lawsuits asserting inflated apartment prices.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Six Grandfathers Mountain (6g@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 00:45:47 JSTSix Grandfathers Mountain
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#RealPage allegedly replaces competitive decisionmaking on prices, with a #pricefixing
https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-backs-tenants-price-fixing-case-big-landlords-real-estate-tech
Not every use of an #algorithm to set price violates federal law, but it is unlawful when, competitors ⭕knowingly ⭕combine their nonpublic pricing and supply information in an #algorithm that they rely upon in making pricing decisions, with the expectation that other #competitors #landlords will do the same
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  DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big Landlords and a Real Estate Tech Company
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  A ProPublica investigation last year about RealPage’s rent-setting software led to federal lawsuits asserting inflated apartment prices.