Tuesday, April 5, 2022

A comprehensive guide to Big Tech's awfulness

And one of the most awful things is that there will continue to be massive grounds for adding to it, at least in the near future.
But between brutal antitrust battles, a lengthening laundry list of lawsuits, and persistent privacy problems, even the most dogged observer can find it difficult to remember the contours of a specific scandal or pinpoint when, exactly, we started thinking about that specific problem with that social network. To that end, the newly formed Tech Oversight Project has devised a one-stop Wiki filled with enough Big Tech badness to clog up a Congressional hearing.

At its launch, the Big Tech Wiki features around 90 separate links to pages on a diverse assortment of topics and issues. Viewers, for example, can find entries explaining Meta’s lobbying efforts against antitrust legislation listed alongside a breakdown of Google’s fraught relationship with the U.S. military. The Wiki also features pages dedicated to “Big Tech Lying to Congress” and “Big Tech as The New Big Tobacco.” - Gizmodo

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