Facebook Is a Threat to Democracy — and the US Has a Responsibility to Rein It In - Pro Market
Facebook and Google have failed at self-regulation. If we want to avoid an authoritarian future, we need to reduce the influence of internet platforms, writes early Facebook investor Roger McNamee, author of the new book Zucked. Nearly three years have passed since I first observed bad actors exploiting Facebook’s algorithms and business model to harm …
6 Feb 2019 ... Facebook protester with giant Mark Zuckerberg head, Washington, DC. ... I could not have imagined then the damage to democracy, public health, privacy ... the business model of journalistic voices that might threaten them. ... The economy would still suffer from the anticompetitive behavior of monopolists.