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👉What’s behind Big Tech’s embrace of Trump’s return? | The Take (2025)
In a dramatic reversal, Meta has axed its fact-checking program – the latest signalling of Big Tech bowing to incoming president Donald Trump. What does this mean for the spread of misinformation in the US and globally, and for Trump’s control over information in his second term?
https://youtu.be/cY1_8GPAQMc?si=BByzctDCGzZ-NBLz

👉Big Tech Is Embracing Trump. How Long Will It Last? (2025)
Three new books explore the fraught relationships between tech companies and the U.S. government through close looks at Jeff Bezos’ Amazon and Elon Musk’s X.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/books/review/big-tech-donald-trump-books.html

👉Big Tech and Trump: What happens when business and politics mix? (2025)
While big tech firms in the US have made efforts to improve relationships with the Trump administration, political controversies can spell danger for businesses.
https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/03/12/big-tech-and-trump-what-happens-when-business-and-politics-mix

👉Trump’s tech tariffs: From protecting production to protecting Big Tech’s profits (2025)
The Trump administration’s tariff policy appears to have made the leap from protecting domestic production to protecting tech oligarchs. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s strategy, “We’re going to work with President Trump to push back on governments around the world” seems to be working.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trumps-tech-tariffs-from-protecting-production-to-protecting-big-techs-profits/

👉"Techlash": Der Aufstand gegen die Tech-Giganten hat begonnen (2018)
Die Kritik an Konzernen wie Google und Facebook wird immer lauter. Dahinter steckt auch die Sehnsucht nach einem menschlicheren Kapitalismus.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/digitalisierung-techlash-der-aufstand-gegen-die-tech-giganten-hat-begonnen-1.3869965

👉Magnificent seven lose $2.7 trillion as tech stocks tumble amid Trump’s second-term jitters (2025)
President Trump’s second inauguration in a chilly Washington seemed a cause for celebration among Silicon Valley’s elite.
https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/magnificent-seven-lose-2-7-trillion-as-tech-stocks-tumble-amid-trumps-second-term-jitters/

👉How Jeff Bezos made peace with Donald Trump (2025)

https://www.ft.com/content/00e81e1a-a38f-4d45-89e8-0e8c162572b8?

👉Big Tech Cozies Up to New Administration After Spending Record Sums on Lobbying Last Year (2025)
Tech giants combined to spend $61.5 million on lobbying in 2024 — and employed one lobbyist for every two members of Congress
https://issueone.org/articles/big-tech-spent-record-sums-on-lobbying-last-year

👉Trump’s FCC chair designee vows to tackle Big Tech ‘censorship cartel’ (2024)
Federal Communications Commission chairman designee Brendan Carr stressed his intent to target the “censorship cartel” of Big Tech and advertisers he claims are threatening free speech online.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/donald-trumps-fcc-chair-designee-brendan-carr-vows-to-tackle-big-tech-censorship-cartel/

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