In the ongoing struggle between Constitutional law and the attempt to supersede it using arbitration, The Daily Beast reports on one person trying to bring it to public attention in an unique manner:
During Wednesday’s Senate hearing on the Equifax data breach, a protester dressed as the “Monopoly Man” from the board game photobombed Equifax CEO Richard Smith’s testimony.
While the CEO discussed his company’s breach that affected 145.5 million people, the protester gazed skeptically through a monocle at the back of his head.
The protester, who is named Amanda Werner, tweeted a photo fully decked out in Monopoly’s Rich Uncle Pennybags attire, complete with the top hat, mustache, and monocle. Werner is a campaign manager for the Americans for Financial Reform coalition and the nonprofit Public Citizen,
In the tweet, Werner explained that the prank, while distracting, was meaningful. “The Monopoly Man is here to raise attention to Equifax’s get-out-of-jail-free card, forced arb.”
Points for imagination. However, since Equifax collects information without permission, it’s a little hard to see how Equifax could force someone, say myself, into arbitration.
