Tech Backlash Frays Cozy Ties to Washington

Posted on AllSides July 26th, 2019
From The Center
technology, tech backlash

Discontent among policy makers complicates expansion strategies of Facebook, other online platforms.

Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggested in January when releasing 2018 earnings that the social-media giant was at a turning point, ending a year of answering critics and starting a new era of growth and innovation. “We now have a clear sense of the path ahead,” he said.

Mr. Zuckerberg may have spoken too soon.

In the half year since, the political attacks on Facebook and the other tech giants have only intensified. That is complicating the expansion...

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