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⚠️ The article rightly points out the thin line between national "#digitalTransformation" & "digital #authoritarianism" -- through governments, or the corporations those they coddle/empower.
It also reminds us that for non-US leaders, "increasingly, the biggest threat to the future of the internet is the United States".
(Including nonprofits, who've increasingly been exposed in building and deploying systems that are misused to abuse human rights like privacy.)
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https://jacobin.com/2022/06/us-tech-companies-government-contracts-data-google-facebook-microsoft-amazon/
It also reminds us that for non-US leaders, "increasingly, the biggest threat to the future of the internet is the United States".
(Including nonprofits, who've increasingly been exposed in building and deploying systems that are misused to abuse human rights like privacy.)
2/4
https://jacobin.com/2022/06/us-tech-companies-government-contracts-data-google-facebook-microsoft-amazon/
Biden’s Campaign for “Digital Democracy” Is Really a Giveaway to Big Tech
The United States claims it benevolently promotes democracy over authoritarianism through its international technology policies. In reality, America forces poor countries to let US-based Big Tech companies steal their data.jacobin.com
