[...] 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: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday October 14 2017, @06:10PM (1 child)
Incorrect TL;DR. Should have read "I hate Republicans because I blindly believe whatever the Democrats tell me to."
There are legit reasons to hate most any politician. Because they're from the other party is not one of them.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday October 15 2017, @07:30AM
Not necessarily. I have to agree that overall the GOP has been a destructive force dragging the country down for a number of years now. That doesn't mean I have any respect whatsoever for the Democrats or believe a word they say. Their only virtue is in not being quite as bad as the GOP. The party has made it quite clear that they will never allow the more virtuous elements to have real control over anything.