Welcome to Axis Pro Radha, where we take just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision of tech, business, and politics.

I'm Dan Pramak. On today's show, Trump's tax talk and Bernie's ban on facial recognition software.

But first, Facebook for immigrants. So immigration has become one of America's most

divisive political topics with every indication that the rhetoric will only get hotter as we approach

next November. But when you move beyond the border, you realize there are tens of millions

of Americans in every single city who weren't born here and who were worried less about

Washington and about walls than they are about day-to-day challenges,

like paying the bills or finding a babysitter or finding a date.

And those things can be much more challenging for newcomers,

particularly if English isn't their first language or if they long for interaction with peers,

or maybe just a decent meal in their native cuisine.

All of that's the thinking behind Home is a new startup social network co-founded by Ron Harnevo

and is really immigrant to New York, who previously sold a startup to AOL and then led its

video operations for several years.

It is, in short, the sort of space that social networking is perfectly designed to fill,

but hasn't for some reason.

Now, HOMA is currently operates for people from Israel, France, and India, and select U.S. cities,

with about 400,000 immigrants having used it to date.

It plans to expand in Hispanic and Latino communities in the U.S. later this year,

and then into Europe in 2020.

And with all of that, could come some challenges, particularly increased data privacy,

something endemic to all online platforms, but of particular concerns for those from more

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