There are issues all over this matter. To begin with, as somewhat of an aside, I actually like the stand Europe is taking against the monopoly powers of tech--essentially American. In our country we decry student loan write-downs while giving companies countless breaks in countless ways--when only one in ten even survives to five years. …
There are issues all over this matter. To begin with, as somewhat of an aside, I actually like the stand Europe is taking against the monopoly powers of tech--essentially American. In our country we decry student loan write-downs while giving companies countless breaks in countless ways--when only one in ten even survives to five years. Educated people contribute to society in myriad ways for lifetime. So I like Europe not bowing down to tech or business in general. But, as Sarah says, Europe also is way ahead of America with regard to wrongly censoring and punishing "unapproved" speech. Another aspect of this, however, as we all know, is that, yes, in America tech companies are shielded, but that has allowed tech to censor also. This all is a very complicated situation that in the end will probably long term track Europe's take on monopolistic powers and America's leanings toward giving tech protections with regard to content posted, although something has to be done with, as Sarah again points out, the overwhelming power of tech to shape discourse and thus thought, with tech also overwhelmingly helmed by the left.
There are issues all over this matter. To begin with, as somewhat of an aside, I actually like the stand Europe is taking against the monopoly powers of tech--essentially American. In our country we decry student loan write-downs while giving companies countless breaks in countless ways--when only one in ten even survives to five years. Educated people contribute to society in myriad ways for lifetime. So I like Europe not bowing down to tech or business in general. But, as Sarah says, Europe also is way ahead of America with regard to wrongly censoring and punishing "unapproved" speech. Another aspect of this, however, as we all know, is that, yes, in America tech companies are shielded, but that has allowed tech to censor also. This all is a very complicated situation that in the end will probably long term track Europe's take on monopolistic powers and America's leanings toward giving tech protections with regard to content posted, although something has to be done with, as Sarah again points out, the overwhelming power of tech to shape discourse and thus thought, with tech also overwhelmingly helmed by the left.