Posted on 27 October, 2024

photo of a newspaper, test: So here's the question. Here are two individuals who totally control two organisations - Facebook and X - that have had devastating impacts on the lives of some of their users (and in Facebook's case, whole countries such as Myanmar), as well as polluting the public sphere and undermining democracy in the west. Why has neither been held accountable for the societal damage their organisations have wrought? The answer is simple: they have the impunity that their immense wealth provides.

So here’s the question. Here are two individuals who totally control two organisations – Facebook and X – that have had devastating impacts on the lives of some of their users (and in Facebook’s case, whole countries such as Myanmar), as well as polluting the public sphere and undermining democracy in the west. Why has neither been held accountable for the societal damage their organisations have wrought? The answer is simple: they have the impunity that their immense wealth provides.
John Naughton Our perverse respect for immense wealth allows Musk and Zuckerberg to run riot

The answer to many other questions too?

Posted on 20 August, 2023

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fragment of a newspaper: "Second, companies rationalise these emissions by buying "Offsets", which are the contemporary equivalent of the medieval indulgences that annoyed Martin Luther."

Second, companies rationalise these emissions by buying “Offsets”, which are the contemporary equivalent of the medieval indulgences that annoyed Martin Luther.
John Naughton