The Take: What’s behind Big Tech’s embrace of Trump’s return?
2 months, 1 week ago

The Take: What’s behind Big Tech’s embrace of Trump’s return?

Al Jazeera  

In a dramatic reversal, Meta has axed its fact-checking programme – the latest signalling of Big Tech bowing to incoming President Donald Trump. What does this mean for the spread of misinformation in the United States and globally, and for Trump’s control over information in his second term? In this episode: Paris Marx, Host, Tech Won’t Save Us Episode credits: This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Sonia Bhagat, and Tamara Khandaker with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Melanie Marich, Hagir Saleh, and our host Malika Bilal. The Take production team is Marcos Bartolomé, Sonia Bhagat, Sarí el-Khalili, Tamara Khandaker, Phillip Lanos, Chloe K. Li, Ashish Malhotra, Khaled Soltan, and Amy Walters.

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What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?
3 months, 1 week ago

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

The Hindu  

In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January. …

Trump declares a new war on Big Tech
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Trump declares a new war on Big Tech

Politico  

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The Take: What Trump 2.0 means for the rest of the world
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Take: What Trump 2.0 means for the rest of the world

Al Jazeera  

Thoughts from across the globe on the future spelled out by Trump’s victory. We speak to Al Jazeera journalists across the globe about how a second Trump presidency might affect the regions they cover and how citizens are preparing for his return. In this episode: Niko Vorobyov, Freelance Journalist Tony Cheng, Al Jazeera Correspondent Lucia Newman, Al Jazeera Latin America …

How Trump’s triumph will turbocharge America’s Left-leaning tech giants
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How Trump’s triumph will turbocharge America’s Left-leaning tech giants

The Telegraph  

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