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Why the global push to break free from Big Tech keeps falling short (restofworld.org)
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In the book “The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud,” writer Cecilia Rikap examines how India, Brazil and China are taking on Big Tech companies.

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[-] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 44 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Because big tech is owned by and being used as a Trojan horse by the ultra wealthy to subvert traditional border based government policies and systems to establish their own rule and control over populaces, while they extract the worlds wealth and resource further via integration into said governmental systems.

[-] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

If that were true, why hasn't The Economist reported it? /s

[-] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 14 points 2 days ago

I’m sure they’re busy trying to figure out how Biden and Hassan Piker are responsible for the decline of the dollar as a global reserve currency.

[-] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Spydows 11. With Microsoft upload your data to cloud one. Always 365 and a copilot for the spy operation.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

My government is not actually committed.

Oh, but Azure has a DC in Canada, so it’s fine!

No. It’s not. There’s a thing called the CLOUD act and it’s 100% backfired to fuck.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

also Palantir too in some countries.

[-] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah welcome to Eu

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