{"id":2275,"date":"2022-03-01T21:03:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waysandmeansshow.org\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2024-04-26T14:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:04:42","slug":"new-series-defending-democracy-and-us-from-big-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waysandmeansshow.org\/2022\/03\/01\/new-series-defending-democracy-and-us-from-big-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"S7 Debugger Podcast Series: Defending Democracy (and Us!) From Big Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the seventh season of the Ways & Means, we hand the show over to our friends at the Debugger podcast. The series, \u201cDefending Democracy (and Us!) from Big Tech,” explores what governments can do to hold tech companies accountable. The series is hosted by journalist Bob Sullivan.<\/a> ]\n

For example: Johnny Ryan is the head of a group in Ireland that\u2019s a bit like the ACLU in the U.S. He says Google\u2019s business is a lot more than simply showing you the right advertisement at the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat it boils down to is that hundreds of billions of times a day, what everyone is watching, reading and listening to and where they are in the real world is being broadcast out to thousands of companies,\u201d Ryan says, arguing that we should view Google\u2019s advertising business as a huge data breach. \u201cNot only is it the biggest data breach of all time, every day, it\u2019s the biggest data breach we\u2019ve ever had. And it\u2019s repeated daily. The scale is astounding,\u201d<\/p>\n

The series explores what\u2019s been tried, and what might yet be tried to rein in Big Tech\u2019s huge power over us.<\/p>\n

Episode 1 Too Big to Sue<\/h1>\n