The tide has finally turned against Big Tech. Last week, Twitter banned political advertising; EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said she was considering much tougher monopoly standards; the city of Toronto pushed back on Google’s Sidewalk project; Australia sued the search giant over alleged misuse of location data; and US presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called out Facebook’s political lobbying as she declared she would end the revolving door between business and policy if she wins the White House.
形勢終於變得對科技巨擘不利。上週,Twitter宣佈禁止政治廣告;歐盟競爭事務專員瑪格麗特•韋斯塔格(Margrethe Vestager)表示,她正在考慮制定更嚴厲的反壟斷準則;多倫多市推遲了谷歌(Google)的Sidewalk項目;澳洲以涉嫌濫用位置數據爲由起訴了這家搜尋巨擘;美國總統候選人伊麗莎白•沃倫(Elizabeth Warren)公開批評Facebook的政治遊說,宣稱如果她入主白宮,她將關閉商業與政策之間的「旋轉門」。