miércoles, 19 de abril de 2017

The Massive Monopolies of Google, Facebook and Amazon, and Their Role in Destroying Privacy, Producing Inequality and Undermining Democracy | Alternet

The Massive Monopolies of Google, Facebook and Amazon, and Their Role in Destroying Privacy, Producing Inequality and Undermining Democracy | Alternet

 

Most of us are active on Facebook, use many of Google’s assets
(search, YouTube, calendar) and get Amazon products dropped at our
doorsteps. But have we ever stopped to think about the enormous impact
these three companies have had on our lives and our society?

Well, Jonathan Taplin has given it a lot of thought. The result is a breakthrough, must-read book, Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy.
The book tells the tale of how the internet “was hijacked by a small
group of right-wing radicals [led by Trump supporter Peter Thiel] for
whom the ideas of democracy and decentralization were an anathema.”

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