The combination of monopoly power and deregulation has given rise to monolithic social media empires that have become more powerful than nation-states, corporations and societies. Finally, Australia, the European Union, the United States and France are starting to regulate Silicon Valley. This is essential to protect their media, cultures and national political conversations as well as their citizens’ privacy and safety.
Government intervention? What could go wrong? I suspect this will be a case of Government, it’s media, and Big Tech working hand in glove to smother us all.
