Google, Facebook in Senate Hearings A Historic Benchmark

Google, Facebook and Twitter are at the center of a societal debate that could shape political discourse in the US – and around the world – for decades to come. Executives from the Google, Facebook and Twitter will be hauled into Washington DC this October to ostensibly explain themselves over (the non-ending story of) "Russian election meddling". But the tech giants are on the hot seat for much more.

CLSA’s Matthew Sigel, in a piece titled “Google is (still) evil: When machines know your sex life, we’re all fcked,” has a humorous take on a serious issue.

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He looks at the digital age with a side-eye, one where...