I think teins will give up power, but only to the extent that it's in their interest to do so within the market place. Beyond that, you're going to have to make it a matter of law. It strikes me as problematic that any platform should have an unfettered ability to remove a president of the united states regardless of whether you like him or not. I am uncomfortable with the idea that the government should be ordering platforms directly what to do with particular individuals or bits of content. But all i care about is that they're doing so in a way that is consistent with rules, and that those rules are acceptable in democratic society.
Trolling, conspiracy theories, racist algorithms, cyberwarfare – every day our headlines are ablaze with negative stories about the internet. The problem? The unaccountable power of the big tech companies. That’s the view of bestselling author and barrister Jamie Susskind. His new book is The Digital Republic, which sets out his vision for a different type of society in which humans can take power back and reshape the digital world into a space where we can all flourish. Joining Jamie in conversation is another writer and strategic advisor working where culture and technology meet, Nina Schick, author of Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse.
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