Facebook, Google And Amazon Wield Power Over Us All, And Everyone Should Be Worried
Three companies now have enormous power over our economy and society. Politicians on both sides should be worried.
Scott Cleland served as Deputy US Coordinator for International Communications & Information Policy in the George H. W. Bush Administration. He is President of Precursor LLC, a consultancy for Fortune 500 companies, some of which are Google, Facebook, and Amazon competitors, and Chairman of NetCompetition, a pro-competition forum supported by broadband interests. He is also author of “Search & Destroy: Why You Can’t Trust Google Inc.” Cleland has testified before both the Senate and House antitrust subcommittees on Google and before the relevant House oversight subcommittee on Google’s privacy problems.
Three companies now have enormous power over our economy and society. Politicians on both sides should be worried.