Antitrust Laws

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Sally Kohn: I support the notionn and what people who are fighting for competition legislation, anti trust action. And i want a note, like some of my questions are kind of asking how you think this antitruss would work. She says we are not going to get legal reform to anti trust unless there is a sense in the public that we have a problem with monopoly. Skelton: If it matters to you, then it will matter to the political classes. Then ontreberneurs will see that there is a market there to serve. The outrage is part of the story.

Paris Marx is joined by Cory Doctorow to discuss how the problems we associate with Big Tech aren’t the result of mind-control systems, but corporation consolidation. Cory argues we need to stop buying the overblown sales pitch, stop collecting so much data, and enforce antitrust legislation against the tech monopolies.

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. His most recent non-fiction book, “How to Defeat Surveillance Capitalism,” is available for free at OneZero. You can also preorder his next fiction book, “Attack Surface,” on Kickstarter or anywhere else books are sold. Cory has a daily blog at Pluralistic.net and you can follow him on Twitter as @doctorow.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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