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[...] tech companies are under fire for creating problems instead of solving them. At the top of the list is Russian interference in last year's presidential election. Social media might have originally promised liberation, but it proved an even more useful tool for stoking anger. The manipulation was so efficient and so lacking in transparency that the companies themselves barely noticed it was happening.
The election is far from the only area of concern. Tech companies have accrued a tremendous amount of power and influence. Amazon determines how people shop, Google how they acquire knowledge, Facebook how they communicate. All of them are making decisions about who gets a digital megaphone and who should be unplugged from the web.
Their amount of concentrated authority resembles the divine right of kings, and is sparking a backlash that is still gathering force.
Is it that the tech companies are creating problems for society as a whole, or merely disrupting the status quo for the old Powers-That-Be?
(Score: 2, Funny) by fustakrakich on Saturday October 14 2017, @02:17PM (5 children)
Russia is the new Marsha Brady [youtube.com]... It's like we're jealous of their great power over the American public
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 14 2017, @03:02PM (4 children)
Wow. If you think that the narrative has Russia as a positive actor in relation to the USA, you are completely off your rocker.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 14 2017, @09:14PM (3 children)
Wow! If you think positive and negative are even relevant in this context, you are definitely off your rocker. The real issue is one of undue credit, and its diversionary purpose. The sad part is to see supposedly intelligent people swallow it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 15 2017, @01:21AM (2 children)
Who among the "supposedly intelligent" here is buying anything about Russia's undue credit of having supposed influence over the USA, or being unaware that the 'Russia, Russia, Russia' forced meme is anything more of the same that passes for news: a distraction from fundamental issues?
If your goal is actual discussion, rather than egocentric self-stroking, you should focus on a clear and precise presentation of your points.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 16 2017, @03:31PM (1 child)
If your goal is actual discussion
Don't be silly. There's nothing to discuss. I am simply mocking the believers of DNC propaganda. Are you one of them?
you should focus on a clear and precise presentation of your points.
Oh my! Aren't we the little Napoleonic bureaucrat!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 17 2017, @03:13AM
So, fustakrakich views SoylentNews as his own personal preachy pulpit, to dispense his undeniably truthful wisdom upon the masses, which he expects them to silently accept.
In light of the above, I believe this - ascribing one's own faults to others - is referred to as "projection [wikipedia.org]". What a sad, powerless little creature.