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I have no idea why big tech is in there. If you think Google, apple, Microsoft, and Facebook are evil, then other kinds of business like Pharma, insurance, ban

I have no idea why big tech is in there. If you think Google, apple, Microsoft, and Facebook are evil, then other kinds of business like Pharma, insurance, bank, agriculture are 10x Satan reborn combined.

mlindner 5y ago
Well those haven't had a couple decades of time working with the government to build regulations that suit them. They're early stage still.
- Apocryphon 5y ago
  > Facebook and Amazon are now the two biggest corporate lobbying spenders in the country.[9] > Big Tech has eclipsed yesterday’s big lobbying spenders, Big Oil and Big Tobacco. In 2020, Amazon and Facebook spent nearly twice as much as Exxon and Philip Morris on lobbying. > Big Tech’s lobbyists are not just numerous, they are also among the most influential in Washington. Among the 10 lobbyists who were the biggest contributors to the 2020 election cycle, half lobby on behalf of at least one of the four Big Tech companies. Together, just these five lobbyists contributed over $2 million to the 2020 elections. https://www.citizen.org/article/big-tech-lobbying-update/ https://www.citizen.org/article/big-tech-lobbying-update/
noelherrick 5y ago
This is more about power and reach. I'm going to pick on Facebook since they are easy to dislike. They are the medium of disinformation that is hurting the US and the world. First, people are joining extremist groups due to FB recommendations [0]. Second, vaccine misinformation has been spreading on FB. [1] Those are two horrific examples, but there's more. 0. https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/facebook-stop-group-recommendations/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/facebook-stop-gr... 1. https://www.vox.com/recode/22319681/vaccine-misinformation-facebook-instagram-spreading https://www.vox.com/recode/22319681/vaccine-misinformation-f...

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I have no idea why big tech is in there. If you think Google, apple, Microsoft, and Facebook are evil, then other kinds of business like Pharma, insurance, ban

by ergocoder 5y ago

mlindner 5y ago
Well those haven't had a couple decades of time working with the government to build regulations that suit them. They're early stage still.
- Apocryphon 5y ago
  > Facebook and Amazon are now the two biggest corporate lobbying spenders in the country.[9] > Big Tech has eclipsed yesterday’s big lobbying spenders, Big Oil and Big Tobacco. In 2020, Amazon and Facebook spent nearly twice as much as Exxon and Philip Morris on lobbying. > Big Tech’s lobbyists are not just numerous, they are also among the most influential in Washington. Among the 10 lobbyists who were the biggest contributors to the 2020 election cycle, half lobby on behalf of at least one of the four Big Tech companies. Together, just these five lobbyists contributed over $2 million to the 2020 elections. https://www.citizen.org/article/big-tech-lobbying-update/ https://www.citizen.org/article/big-tech-lobbying-update/
noelherrick 5y ago
This is more about power and reach. I'm going to pick on Facebook since they are easy to dislike. They are the medium of disinformation that is hurting the US and the world. First, people are joining extremist groups due to FB recommendations [0]. Second, vaccine misinformation has been spreading on FB. [1] Those are two horrific examples, but there's more. 0. https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/facebook-stop-group-recommendations/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/facebook-stop-gr... 1. https://www.vox.com/recode/22319681/vaccine-misinformation-facebook-instagram-spreading https://www.vox.com/recode/22319681/vaccine-misinformation-f...