Jesse Lehrich on How Congress Can Rein in Big Tech
There's been a lot of talk for years on Capitol Hill, but Congress has the chance now to rein in Big Tech's harms.
There's been a lot of talk for years on Capitol Hill, but Congress has the chance now to rein in Big Tech's harms.
If Donald Trump's past products are any indication, I wouldn't bet much on his new social media platform.
Facebook is the top spender on lobbying in D.C. They do exactly the opposite of what Mark Zuckerberg says he supports in public when Facebook says they support government regulation.
Each of these platforms use so many of the same design tactics as Instagram, which have been shown to negatively harm kids according to even their own internal research.
Congress can pass a historic bipartisan package of antitrust bills to rein in Big Tech's abuses of monopoly power.
I think this is Facebook's attempt to stave off regulation. This rollout from Facebook is a PR play. If they were really interested in helping kids, they would have done these changes years ago.
For the first time since Facebook's inception, during Facebook's outage there was no dangerous disinformation being spread on the platform.
Big Tech companies are some of the most powerful and profitable companies in history, presenting new threats to the safety of communities and the health of democracy. We’re taking them on through legislation, regulation and direct advocacy.