Don’t Put Big Tech in Control of the News
The latest plan to save journalism would see Google and Facebook taxed to fund media outlets. But instead of reliance on Big Tech monopolies, journalism would benefit most from breaking them up.
Articles by
Paris Marx
Paris Marx is a socialist writer and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast.
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The Pandemic Profiteers
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Nationalise the Airlines
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