The resistance is (very) real
What a week!
Nov 4th:
GOP senator Josh Hawley: Big Tech execs are "totally untrustworthy"
"I've only been in the Senate for 10 months. But the testimony I've heard from Twitter, Facebook & Google in that time is easily the most dishonest testimony of any witness I've heard before any committees that I sit on."
A stunning reversal in sentiment: Blind spots impair SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son’s $100bn Vision
Vestager Calls Tech Firms “Robot Vacuum Cleaners Sucking Up Data”
Do we call her a whistleblower? I worked on political ads at Facebook. They profit by manipulating us.
Nov 1st:
French and German Officials To Create Mandatory Governance Structure for European Cloud Project
Goldman Sachs May Beat Regulators to Dismembering Big Tech
Europe’s Top Antitrust Regulator Takes a Rare Step Toward Big Tech: Orders Broadcom to Halt Specific Practices During Anticompetitive Investigation
Oct 30th:
Huge. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager eyes toughening ‘burden of proof’ for Big Tech
Angela Merkel’s government will now force social media platforms to proactively report to law enforcement illegal content such as death threats or incitement of hatred.
Oct 29th:
Australia sues when Google lies about how to opt out of location data
Facebook employees school Mark Zuckerberg about the company’s behavior around political ads
Within the last several days:
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health names Amazon to Most Dangerous Employers
The resistance is real (Facebook. Google in all the cross hairs this week)
The University of Chicago comes for the 'Digital Robber Barons'
And credit where credit is due…
Facebook co-founder: “It’s Time to Break Up Facebook”