last highlighted date: 2024-11-24
Highlights
- So how did the internet evolve from independent hobby bloggers and self-help forums into today’s Big Tech madness?
- The term Big Tech started circulating around the year 2013, when economists warned that the lack of regulation could lead to a concentration of power in digital markets. In the aftermath of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, conventional business models were struggling, digital advertising and retail made a strike, colonizing these fields among an upcoming generation – millennials.
- Alice Stollmeyer is the Founder and Executive Director of Defend Democracy. A former policy adviser and digital strategist, she now works on democracy, technology and sharp power, also known as hybrid threats.
- Karen Melchior is a Danish politician and an outgoing member of the European Parliament 2019-2024. She has served as part of Renew Europe, the third-largest political group in the European Parliament.