Your Friday Wake-Up Call: Tech Giants Act Like Kings. Plus, Custom Condoms.
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Backlash
The New York Times says that tech giants’ concentrated power “resembles the divine right of kings, and is sparking a backlash that is still gathering force.” The Russian misinformation campaign through digital ads and content during the 2016 election campaign seems like a turning point. The Times says people are no longer looking at tech companies as saviors but as “threats.” And Silicon Valley is doing damage control. Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg went to Washington to do PR; in Pittsburgh, meanwhile, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai announced $1 billion in training for people whose jobs skills are out of date in the digital world. The headline in Wired: “Google offers help to industries it helps destroy.” The Silicon Valley brand isn’t what it used to be.
Misleading?
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