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GAFAM: A plea for technological pluralism

GAFAM: A plea for technological pluralism

LONG-FORM ARTICLE, Jean-David Ponci | It is generally believed that, under Obama, the United States began to step back from its role as the world’s policeman. This trend has accelerated under Trump, whose «America First» slogan signals the U.S.’s withdrawal into itself. However, curiously enough, it is at the end of Trump’s term that a new global power—still in American hands—is demonstrating its strength. The GAFAM—an acronym for the major tech companies Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft—censor certain content for political reasons, revealing to a scandalized world that they are not merely service providers. This historic situation calls for reflection on the conditions necessary to guarantee freedom of expression on the Internet. Analysis.
Post-Trump Republican Party: the impossible step backwards

Post-Trump Republican Party: the impossible step backwards

Whether or not Donald Trump emerges victorious from the November elections, the Republican Party, to which he has attached himself, will find itself reshaped by his presidency. With the coronavirus crisis and polls undermining the Trump candidacy, Republicans are already squabbling over the future of the Grand Old Party. Ideological refocusing looks set to be difficult.