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Why Big Tech companies are like “digital nation states”
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Why Big Tech companies are like “digital nation states”

No government today has the toolbox to tinker with Big Tech – that's why it's time to start thinking of the biggest tech companies as bona fide "digital nation states" with their own foreign relations, Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World. Never has a small group of companies held such an expansive influence over humanity. And in this vast new digital territory, governments have little idea what to do.

Facebook's terrible week proves tech policy changes are needed
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Facebook's terrible week proves tech policy changes are needed

Will the testimony of Frances Haugen, Facebook whistleblower, be a game changer? Can government policies stem social harms from Facebook? Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center, Eurasia Group senior advisor and former MEP, discusses trends in big tech, privacy protection and cyberspace.

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Is Facebook like a car or a cigarette?
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Is Facebook like a car or a cigarette?

The Facebook outage may not spur regulators to fresh action, but could the testimony of whistle-blower Frances Haugen be a different story?

China agitating Taiwan to demonstrate power, not start WWIII
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China agitating Taiwan to demonstrate power, not start WWIII

What is China signaling by sending more warplanes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone? What are the Pandora Papers? What's happening with Facebook, after the outage on Monday? Ian Bremmer shares his analysis on global politics this week.

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A nearly day-long outage at the world's most powerful social media company is sure to reignite debates about whether to break up the tech giants.