Writer Cory Doctorow Warns about the Dangers of Big Tech, Monopolies, and the Corporate and Government Takeover of the Web

on KGNU Radio "Connections" interview (5-24-19  at 8:30 am -9:30 am in their archives). 

He discussed how the EU passed a copyright law that will mess up small and medium websites.  He also said that we need to to have the anti-trust  and anti-monopoly laws again.  After Reagan, all these laws were overturned by judges who claimed that as long as the consumer gets cheap prices, it is fine for companies to buy their competitors- both big ones and small growing ones.  They can sharply cut what is paid to  their supply chains and workers,  like Walmart did.  And they can take over their competitors as FB did with IG and Snapchat.  Google was allowed to  buy Utube.  Cory Doctorow has radical science fiction about corporations and governments taking advantage of individuals and immigrants.  He has many great books - science fiction with characters and with  messages.  He supports the Electronic Frontier Foundation.  His website is:  https://craphound.com  He says that it is important who big tech is done "to" and who it is done "for".

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