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'''Big Tech''' refers to a [[cartel]] of several [[Silicon Valley]] technology firms, notably [[Google]], [[Apple]], [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]] and, in Seattle, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] for driving technology growth and social change. Big Tech is playing a large role in the decline of [[patriotism]] as a value held by Americans.<ref>Wright, Morgan (November 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/418617-high-techs-globalism-is-slowly-killing-patriotism High tech’s globalism is slowly killing patriotism]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 28, 2018.</ref> According to Dr. Michael Rectenwald, the end goal of Big Tech companies is corporate [[socialism]].<ref>Svab, Petr (October 15, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-endgame-of-big-tech-is-corporate-socialism-says-liberal-studies-scholar_3116949.html The Endgame of Big Tech Is Corporate Socialism, Says Liberal Studies Scholar]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2019.</ref>
'''Big Tech''' refers to a [[cartel]] of several [[Silicon Valley]] technology firms, notably [[Google]], [[Apple]]<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/06/tech-tyranny-apple-threatens-to-kick-social-media-company-parler-off-app-store-if-they-dont-ban-offensive-conservative-content/
TECH TYRANNY: Apple Threatens to Kick Social Media Company ‘Parler’ Off App Store if They Don’t Ban “Offensive” (Conservative) Content]</ref>, [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]] and, in Seattle, [[Microsoft]]<ref>[https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/rep-jordan-microsoft-as-out-to-get-conservatives Rep. Jordan blasts Microsoft as ‘out to get conservatives’ just like other big tech companies]</ref> and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] for driving technology growth and social change. Big Tech is playing a large role in the decline of [[patriotism]] as a value held by Americans.<ref>Wright, Morgan (November 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/418617-high-techs-globalism-is-slowly-killing-patriotism High tech’s globalism is slowly killing patriotism]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 28, 2018.</ref> According to Dr. Michael Rectenwald, the end goal of Big Tech companies is corporate [[socialism]].<ref>Svab, Petr (October 15, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-endgame-of-big-tech-is-corporate-socialism-says-liberal-studies-scholar_3116949.html The Endgame of Big Tech Is Corporate Socialism, Says Liberal Studies Scholar]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2019.</ref>
The Big Tech companies used to be conservative (like back in the 80’s), but over the years became liberal.
The Big Tech companies used to be conservative (like back in the 80’s), but over the years became liberal.
In a ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed entitled ''Tech Companies Are Destroying Democracy and the Free Press'', the left-wing expert on monopoly power Matt Stoller described [[Facebook]] and [[Google]] as “global monopolies sitting astride public discourse,” and recounted how bipartisan policy and legal changes designed to whittle away antitrust protections have bestowed the two [[Big Tech]] giants with “a radical centralization of power over the flow of information.” And he warns that this unprecedented consolidation of control over our discourse is close to triggering “the collapse of [[journalism]] and [[democracy]].”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opinion/tech-monopoly-democracy-journalism.html</ref>
In a ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed entitled ''Tech Companies Are Destroying Democracy and the Free Press'', the left-wing expert on monopoly power Matt Stoller described [[Facebook]] and [[Google]] as “global monopolies sitting astride public discourse,” and recounted how bipartisan policy and legal changes designed to whittle away antitrust protections have bestowed the two [[Big Tech]] giants with “a radical centralization of power over the flow of information.” And he warns that this unprecedented consolidation of control over our discourse is close to triggering “the collapse of [[journalism]] and [[democracy]].”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opinion/tech-monopoly-democracy-journalism.html</ref>
[[IBM]] is sometimes considered a Big Tech firm because of its corporate size, and [[Twitter]] not for its size but its societal impact. Twitter will likely be bought out by one of the larger firms at some point.
As of 2018, Google and Facebook controlled 60% of all digital advertising revenue, totaling over $60 billion.
As of 2018, Google and Facebook controlled 60% of all digital advertising revenue, totaling over $60 billion.
{{See also|Apple Inc.}}
{{See also|Apple Inc.}}
Apple CEO Tim Cook once told global warming sceptics to dump their Apple stock.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/tim-cook-climate-change-sceptics-ditch-apple-shares Tim Cook tells climate change sceptics to ditch Apple shares]</ref>
Apple CEO Tim Cook once told global warming sceptics to dump their Apple stock.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/tim-cook-climate-change-sceptics-ditch-apple-shares Tim Cook tells climate change sceptics to ditch Apple shares]</ref> Apple also colluded with other tech firms to prevent Parler from being used.
===Microsoft===
===Microsoft===