The world’s most powerful tech firms have aligned themselves with US President Donald Trump, marking a dangerous new phase in the concentration of their power. But other countries can take steps – namely, regulating digital services and protecting intellectual property – to avert a global slide into techno-fascism.
WASHINGTON, DC – Big Tech’s massive encroachment upon the levers of state authority under US President Donald Trump is creating a dangerous new power structure – one not confined to its homeland. Trump’s threats against countries – US allies and adversaries alike – that dare to regulate their digital markets and communications systems are not merely a case of economic bullying. Rather, they are an attempt to export this power structure and undermine the rule of law and democratic governance worldwide.
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