Topic: Power
Storm Brews Over Google’s Alleged Attempts to Silence Critical Research (Aug 31, 2017)
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2016 was the year we figured out Facebook’s empire is dangerous – Mashable (Dec 29, 2016)
This is a narrative that gained significant steam during the course of 2016 – the idea that Facebook is becoming incredibly powerful as a filter through which people experience the Internet and the world, and that this much power is dangerous. That danger is arguably heightened by the incredible power Mark Zuckerberg still has as CEO to single-handedly shape policy for the company. I suspect we’ll see a lot more of this kind of thing in 2017.
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