Regulating big tech: Are Facebook and Google too powerful? ▶
Facebook and Google, and other large technology companies, are some of the most powerful companies to ever exist. They touch every aspect of our lives, and decisions made by a few CEOs in Silicon Valley have a bigger impact on billions of people than their own...
Should social media companies be owned by the public? 🔊
Social media, as it exists currently, is an oligopoly, with a handful of private companies controlling the structure and use of the platforms which mediate our communication not only with one another but also with the public sphere. As these companies continue to...
Can individuals control the monetisation of their data?
By Paul Panckhurst Tech giants make billions of dollars as people hand over their personal information in exchange for free apps, search engines and social media platforms. The raw material of our digital lives – location data, online searches, purchases, “likes” – is...
Are Google and Facebook taking New Zealand for a ride? A trans-Tasman divide on social media
By Gavin Ellis There is an emerging dichotomy in the attitude of governments on either side of the Tasman toward social media companies. New Zealand treats these transnationals with kid gloves while Australia is pulling on the boxing gloves. The contrast is...
Q+A: Is Google dangerous?
How has internet titan Google changed our knowledge, our politics and our lives over the last two decades? Siva Vaidhyanathan, the author of “The Googlization of Everything,” argues that Google affects the information we gather, jeopardises our personal...
Are Google and Facebook harming the arts and democracy? 🔊
Are Google and Facebook increasing economic inequality? Harming the arts? Damaging democracy? Jonathan Taplin says yes. Maria Armoudian sits down with Taplin to discuss the impact of these internet giants. Jonathan Taplin was the founding director of the USC Annenberg...Subscribe by Email
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