East India Lessons for US Big Tech: A Historian’s Call to Rein in Power

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East India Lessons for US Big Tech: A Historian’s Call to Rein in Power
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A historian argues in a New York Times op-ed that US tech giants now wield unchecked power comparable to the East India Company, urging lawmakers to use existing tools to rein in entrenched corporate power amid heavy political spending and growing tech-government ties, though today’s governments appear reluctant to act.

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