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Description: The Covid-19 pandemic has affected employment and the social net in countries around the world. Before Covid-19, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reported that the number of people world-wide who are either self-employed or employed on a part-time and/or temporary basis is rising. These people are less likely to be unionized and less likely to receive welfare services when out of work. This issue is exacerbated by the pandemic. Since Covid-19, we see a proliferation of tracking applications that citizens are encouraged to use as well as greater demands on the social net. The integration of artificial intelligence and other technology advances raise concerns about security and equity since many of these systems work with personal information from one’s health records, employment information, and data from financial institutions. The systems even pull in information from family members.                In this paper, we examined pandemic-related social net programs in China, Denmark, and the United States and develop best practices that can be taken to enhance the security of and equitable access to social net protection. Its significance is a heightened awareness of how emerging technologies can support a more equitable access to social net programs. The platform is content analysis of government policies and current media focusing on the automation of social net programs. The focus is on policies in effect and stories covered from January 2020 through October 2020, which includes attention to the Covid-19 pandemic.