Is Tech Moving Right?
If it was just tech CEOs supporting Trump at his inauguration, that wouldn’t be entirely surprising. After all, billionaires are always going to stick together, right?
Well, it’s unfortunately a bit more pressing than that. As we’ve seen over the last few months, Trump’s rise in popularity has fueled a shift in the tech industry, encouraging decision makers to cater to the controversial president’s base on their platforms.
We’ve got Elon Musk gutting the hate speech protections on X, Mark Zuckerberg discontinuing the use of fact checkers on Facebook, and TikTok thanking the incoming president for helping it avoid the ban in the US. It’s safe to say these platforms are going to continue moving to the right until the rest of us have no choice but to find a suitable alternative.
