Tag: Big Tech

A Facelift for Facebook (Steven Hill, Project-Syndicate)

The free market has never been a free-for-all, yet tech companies have long operated with few constraints on their business models. Perhaps the latest...

Nearly 140 countries reach deal on 15% corporate minimum tax (Al Jazeera)

Nearly 140 countries have agreed on a tentative deal that would make sweeping changes to how big, multinational companies are taxed in order to...

Global/Big Tech – Big Tech Flies Too Much (Project-Syndicate)

RICHARD GOKRUN Five of the ten largest buyers of corporate air travel in the US are technology companies. Microsoft and other Big Tech firms owe...

(Innovation/Technology/Big Tech) Podcast: Issie Lapowsky on congressional oversight of Big Tech (Brookings)

Quinta Jurecic, Evelyn Douek, and Issie Lapowsky Last week, the CEOs of major tech companies appeared before Congress to testify for the first time since the Jan....

(USA) How Democracy Dies: Big Tech Becomes Big Brother (BESA Center)

Dr. Jiri and Leni Valenta The willingness of the US federal government to share power with Big Tech is a recipe for unharnessed power and...

(USA/Antitrust/Big Tech) 5 questions for Joshua D. Wright on antitrust and Big Tech (AEI)

 James Pethokoukis and Joshua D. Wright How has the American approach to antitrust evolved over the past 50 years? Will the government finally break up...

(Australia/Big Tech) Australia has become the battleground for a power struggle between governments and Big Tech (MIT Technology Review)

The news: Australians woke up on Thursday to Facebook timelines devoid of any news. Faced with the option of either paying to link back to...

(USA/Big Tech) A focused federal agency is necessary to oversee Big Tech (Brookings)

Tom Wheeler https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-focused-federal-agency-is-necessary-to-oversee-big-tech/

(Agriculture/Big Tech) The Big Tech takeover of agriculture is dangerous (Al Jazeera)

Larissa Ambrosano Packer Grassroots lawyer at GRAIN Henk Hobbelink Coordinator of GRAIN Devlin Kuyek Researcher at GRAIN Kartini Samon GRAIN researcher https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/2/5/the-big-tech-takeover-of-agriculture-is-dangerous

(Europe/USA/Big Tech) The ‘darker sides’: EU urges US to join fight to rein in Big Tech (Al Jazeera)

European Commission chief suggests common rule book to prevent spread of fake news on social media. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/27/the-darker-sides-eu-urges-us-to-join-fight-to-rein-in-big-tech

(USA/Big Tech) Big Tech: Biden urged to protect consumers’ online privacy (Al Jazeera)

Advocacy groups urge new US president to ban facial recognition technology, not appoint officials linked to tech firms. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/21/big-tech-biden-urged-to-protect-consumers-online-privacy

(Big Tech/Oligopoly) Rise of the superstar firms: Taking oligopoly seriously in macroeconomics (Xavier Vives, VOXEU)

The dominance of Big Tech and other ‘superstar’ firms’ has put market power back on the agenda of politicians, as well as in research. But although...

BIG TECH – If not AI ethicists like Timnit Gebru, who will hold Big Tech accountable? (Alex Engler, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/12/17/if-not-ai-ethicists-like-timnit-gebru-who-will-hold-big-tech-accountable/