MT exclusive: Democrats are making headway on their social spending package, but civil society groups are already asking what’s next. “We are writing to encourage your offices to focus next on the monopoly power wielded by Big Tech,” a coalition of 13 groups, including Accountable Tech, the American Economic Liberties Project and Demand Progress, said in a letter this morning to Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

No signs of slowing down: “Facial Recognition Tech Won’t Go Away Despite Facebook Ending System,” via Bloomberg.

Actions have consequences: “Frances Haugen’s Leaking of the Facebook Papers Will Hurt Decision-Making at Tech Companies,” writes Matt Perault, the director of the Center on Technology Policy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a former Facebook director of public policy.