Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Barack Obama isn’t happy with Facebook and Google, either - Recode

Also see Barack Obama warns Facebook and Google to check themselves (CNet)

"Google and Facebook aren’t just incredibly profitable tech companies — they are “public goods” with a responsibility to serve the public, says Barack Obama.

“I do think the large platforms — Google and Facebook being the most obvious, Twitter and others as well, are part of that ecosystem — have to have a conversation about their business model that recognizes they are a public good as well as a commercial enterprise,” the former president said at MIT’s Sloan Sports Conference last Friday. “They’re not just an invisible platform, they’re shaping our culture in powerful ways.”"
Barack Obama isn’t happy with Facebook and Google, either - Recode

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