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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) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 14 2017, @05:58PM (1 child)
AT&T? Alright, JoeMerchant - would you tell me what heinous crimes AT&T committed? I lived through that breakup, just as many other Soylentils did. I should actually remember some of those heinous acts, since I'm among the oldest Soylentils. But, to be perfectly honest, I don't remember any terrible crimes.
From my perspective, good and bad came from that breakup, maybe more bad than good.
But, I'd like to hear the story from your perspective.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday October 16 2017, @12:53PM