#web giants

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The 20 Internet Giants That Rule the Web Source : 

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So Barry's pretty much sorted out terrorism, then. You're welcome, GCHQ! (with thanks to Al__S over on Twitter for this one)

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Long untouchable, web giants now know what it feels like to be hunted | John Naughton |

 Governments, after years of indulgence, are rightly getting tough on social media sites

Tobacco companies may ruin lives, but they do not undermine democratic processes. Social media companies do. So if democracies want to survive to 2030 they will need to find ways of bringing the tech giants under control. It has taken a long time – 14 years by my reckoning – for governments to wake up to this, but the penny is finally dropping.

(via Long untouchable, web giants now know what it feels like to be hunted | John Naughton | Opinion | The Guardian)