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episode 1: The Politics of Tech Monopolies
For the first episode of the Anti-Dystopians, Kyra Jasper and Alina Utrata discuss the politics of anti-monopoly in tackling technology companies, focusing on the United States. October turned out to be a very significant month for Big Tech in the US. First, the US House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee released a report on Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google that found those companies had monopoly power. And, about two weeks later, the Department of Justice launched an anti-monopoly suit against Google. Kyra and Alina discuss some of the political arguments around monopoly approaches.
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Mentioned in the episode:
https://powerswitchorg.wordpress.com/2020/11/16/the-political-arguments-against-digital-monopolies-in-the-house-judiciary-report/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/06/technology/house-antitrust-report-big-tech.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/20/us/doj-google-suit.html
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https://www.wired.co.uk/article/tiktok-india-ban
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.13676.pdf
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-internal-metric-violence-incitement-rising-vote
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/daveyalba/facebook-philippines-dutertes-drug-war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41801071
Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4148-nowhere-land
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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