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Description of  The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

0691241171 rar An insider offers a forceful critique...of Big Tech's steady erosion of democracy (The New Yorker) and describes what must be done to stop it Over the past decades, under the cover of innovation, technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun to seize power from governments themselves. Facial recognition firms track citizens for police surveillance. Cryptocurrency has wiped out the personal savings of millions and threatens the stability of the global financial system. Spyware companies sell digital intelligence tools to anyone who can afford them. This new realitywhere unregulated technology has become a forceful instrument for autocrats around the worldis terrible news for democracies and citizens. In Read more