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.
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