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• 19:07, 22 April 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech and China (Created page with "Apple is deeply embedded in China, manufacturing most of its products there and conceding to demands from the Chinese government to censor content. * Apple has been manufacturing in China since 2001, with most iPhones, iPads, and Macs now manufacturing there. * China is Apple’s third-largest revenue market, and Tim Cook has gone to great lengths to cultivate a positive relationship with Xi, making frequent visits to China and meeting with top leaders. * Apple has in...") Tag: Visual edit
• 15:35, 22 April 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Antitrust Reform and National Security Pushback (Created page with "As antitrust reform has advanced, former National Security figures that have clear conflicts of interest have been called in to pushback. * A letter was written to the Congressional members by 12 former Security figures. According to Politico all 12 have ties to Big Tech.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/22/former-security-officials-antitrust-tech-ties-513657</ref> * Former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who was instrumental in putting together th...") Tag: Visual edit
• 02:39, 29 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Amazon's Government Influence (content was: "* Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of White House Senior Counselor Steve Ricchetti was paid $150,000 to be a lobbyist for Amazon to lobby Congress on online marketing regulations and the minimum wage.<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-lobbying-ethics-ricchetti/2021/06/13/1f2f0826-c864-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html&ust=1645...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 02:33, 29 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Adversaries (content was: "* AI was expected to be at the heart of the future of warfare, espionage and other defense systems. AI was predicted to have “transformative implications” for military weaponry, espionage and was considered key to advancing cyber defense. Harvard’s Belfast Center said AI would “dramatically augment autonomous weapons and espionage capabilities. The Belfast Center...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 01:52, 18 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page ACT - The App Association (Created page with "* Apple Funded ACT Pushed Apple's Agenda, Causing An Alternative App Developer Association To Be Created Specifically To Avoid The Conflict Of Interest ** Apple funded the ACT- The App Association.<ref>https://actonline.org/about/</ref> ** ACT attacked the Supreme Court's decision on Apple versus Pepper, taking Apple's side in the case. *** ACT took Apple's side in the Supreme Court decision Apple versus Pepper, arguing the decision "robbed developers of their autonomy a...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:09, 18 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Chamber of Progress (Created page with "* Chamber of Progress was formed in 2021 by Google’s former top lobbyist, with backing from Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. The group was formed to back key pieces of the progressive agenda, as a way to get back in lawmakers’ good graces and help fend off tech regulation.<ref>National Journal, 3/30/21</ref> * Chamber of Progress was called out by both sides of the aisle for being a “transparent ploy” to bamboozle lawmakers and camouflage Big Tech’s true int...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:06, 18 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Facebook's Oversight Board (Created page with "*Facebook’s Oversight Board has been called out as a “toothless” PR stunt that the company used to “[co-opt] advocates and academics who would otherwise be more critical of the company.” In 2020, Facebook executives announced a new Oversight Board, which would be tasked with issuing recommendations on controversial content moderation decisions.<ref>https://oversightboard.com/news/327923075055291-announcing-the-first-members-of-the-oversight-board/</ref> Referre...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:59, 15 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Links to Americans for Tax Reform and ALEC (Created page with "''As evident by recent case in North Dakota'' * 2021: A bill introduced in the North Dakota legislature sought to crack down on Apple and Google’s anticompetitive conduct in their app stores. * New York Times reported that Koch Network Group Americans for Prosperity sided with Apple and Google against the app store antitrust bill in North Dakota. * ALEC lobbied North Dakota legislators to vote against the app store antitrust bill. * Americans for Tax Reform lobbied A...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:32, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Attempt to Influence Trade Policy (content was: "* Big Tech has supported the major trade deals of the last few years, including the TPP, USMCA, and the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Agreement. Big Tech has also voiced support for Section 230-like language in the latter two agreements, even as bipartisan lawmakers criticized this language.<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://www.ip-watch.org/2016/03/31/us-tech-industr...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:23, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Big Tech's Influence on Associations (content was: " '''Governors and Attorney General Associations of Both Parties''' * Amazon, Google, and Facebook have donated at least a combined total of $3,422,000 to just the Governors And Attorneys Generals Associations of both parties: ** 2017 – 2018: Amazon Donated $375,748 Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, And RAGA. ** 2007 – 2018: Google Donated Over $1.5 Million Between The DG...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:23, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Ties to the Biden Administration (content was: "* The Washington Post reported that “dozens” of administration officials have ties to the big tech industry. * Thirteen Biden aides have directly worked at Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook), Lyft, Microsoft, Twitter, and Uber. * Out of all of Big Tech, Facebook has the most officials who have worked with them in some capacity, followed by Alphabet.", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Ties to the Biden's National Security Council (content was: "* The influence of Big Tech stretches throughout the Biden administration’s National Security Council (NSC). ** As President Biden prepared to take office, Big Tech executives pushed personnel recommendations for senior national security roles in the administration. *** Reuters: “Google’s former Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, a billionaire who is a Silicon Valley ti...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Progress on App Store Competition Issues (content was: "* Apple has faced international scrutiny over their in-app fees and ban on alternate payment systems in their App Store. In August 2021, South Korea passed a law to rein in their monopolies which experts believed could serve as a model for other countries seeking to crack down on the companies. The law would bar Apple and Google from requiring in-app payment systems and...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Klobuchar-Grassley's, American Innovation & Choice Online Act (AICO) (content was: "American Innovation & Choice Online Act (AICO) Support * AICO was introduced in the Senate with strong bipartisan support: ** Republican Grassley and Democrat Klobuchar led the bill. ** The bill’s original cosponsors included 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans. ** Republican Rep. Ken Buck said claims that the bills were “democratic bills” were “false.” * In Sep. 2...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Biden Administration Executive Order on Competition (content was: "Biden Executive Order on Competition Met With Strong, Widespread Praise and Support * Farmers and agriculture advocates including The American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Family Action Alliance, and the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association praised Biden’s Executive Order on competition for taking on Big Ag and leveling the playing field for independent farmers. * Advocates...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Jonathan Kanter and the DOJ (content was: "Support For The Nomination of Jonathan Kanter As Assistant Attorney General For The Antitrust Division * President Joe Biden’s nomination of Jonathan Kanter has been met favorably from Democratic lawmakers, journalists, progressive advocates, and even some notable conservatives: * Kanter largely sailed through his confirmation hearing October 6, where he was met with...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Big Tech Attempt to Poach FTC Staff (content was: "The FTC Is Hiring Up for a Regulatory Revolution as Big Tech Tries to Poach Its Staff * In 2021, Big Tech has continued to poach FTC staff. LinkedIn and Google searches identified at least 11 FTC attorneys who left for Big Tech companies, law firms representing Big Tech, or Big Tech-funded groups. * From 2015 to 2018, more than 40 FTC staff left to work for tech compani...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:21, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Small Business Support for Lina Khan (content was: "* In August 2021, Small Business Majority, an organization representing more than 85,000 small businesses nationwide, was part of a coalition of groups that praised the Biden Administration for appointing Lina Khan to a key role in the administration. * In November 2021, Small Business Majority defended Khan against attacks from the US Chamber of Commerce and praised her...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:21, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Biden Administration Ties (content was: "* Alphabet was a client of Deputy Counsel to the President and Legal Advisor to the National Security Council Jonathan Cedarbaum when he was a partner at the law firm of WilliamHale. ** Cedarbaum represented Google in Google Inc V. USA. This was a federal anti-trust case that upheld Google must pay $22.5 million in damages for planting tracking cookies on Apple’s Safar...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:21, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Kent Walker (content was: "* Walker, who has worked at Google since 2006 and is now Chief Legal Counsel and VP of Global Affairs, has consolidated power at the company and now oversees a broad portfolio handling virtually every controversial issue. He has been described as risk-averse and preferring to shun the spotlight. * Walker has spent years defending Google’s monopoly in the U.S. and Europ...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:21, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Larry Page (content was: "* Although Larry Page stepped down from his day-to-day responsibilities at Alphabet Inc. in 2019, he remained on the board, and, with his co-founder Sergey Brin, remain the controlling shareholders at Alphabet with over 51 percent of the total shareholder voting power. ** Page was the single shareholder with the most voting power at Alphabet, having 1.3 percentage points...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Ben Gomes (content was: "* Gomes was known for helping the early Google team make major decisions ** Gomes joined Google in 2002. ** Gomes was called Google’s “Search Czar” and considered “one of the founders of Google search.” ** During the early days of Google, Marissa Mayer described Gomes as Google’s “diplomat” who could “help build bridges” between the personalities and...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Susan Wojcicki (content was: "* Wojcicki was Google’s 16th employee, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded the company out of her garage. She is very close to Page, which ensures her job security, and her sister was married to Brin. * Wojcicki started out working on Google’s ad programs, developing AdWords, overseeing Google Video, and supporting the acquisition of YouTube and DoubleClick. She a...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Jeff Dean (content was: "* During high school, Dean developed software that allowed epidemiologists doing field work to analyze their data sets “26 times faster” than what professionals were using at the time. Dean’s software was adopted by the Center For Disease Control and translated into 13 languages. * Dean joined Google in the early 2000s and helped write the code that allowed Google...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Adam Kovacevich (content was: "* 3/29/21: Former Google Public Policy Head Adam Kovacevich launched Chamber of Progress, which he said was a center-left coalition that would focus on advocating for progressive policies. * Chamber of Progress’ initial partners companies included Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Zillow, DoorDash, Instacart and other big tech companies. * Adam Kovacevich led Go...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Sundar Pichai (content was: "* After the New York Times reported that Google had protected at least three Google executives with sexual harassment complaints against them in 2018, Pichai acknowledged that 48 people had been fired for sexual misconduct in the past two years. After employees argued that his statement failed to take true accountability, Pichai apologized for his initial statement, whic...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Facebook's Government Influence (content was: "* Senior Biden officials have provided consulting services to Facebook. Secretary of State Tony Blinken provided “advisory services” regarding how countries are responding to cyber-attacks. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar provided “legal services” to Facebook.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/22/technology-202-biden-administration-full-officia...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Michael McConnell (content was: "* Michael McConnell is a professor at Stanford Law School and a former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. He has published widely in the fields of constitutional law, specifically on the separation of church and state. He has had many positions at universities, government agencies, and law firms. * McConnell is a scholar on the separation of church and state, but he has...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Evelyn Aswad (content was: "* Evelyn Aswad is a law professor at the University Of Oklahoma, researching corporate responsibility and freedom of expression. Before becoming a professor, Aswad spent 14 years as an attorney with the U.S. Department of State, most recently as the director of the Office of Human Rights and Refugees. At the State Department, Aswad was a legal adviser for U.S. delegation...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page John Samples (content was: "* Samples is a member of the Oversight Board and the vice president of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. He has authored several books and is currently working on a book about social media and speech regulation, updating his policy analysis on “why government should not regulate content moderation for social media.” Prior to joining the Cato Institute, Sa...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Jamal Greene (content was: "* Greene, a co-chair of the Oversight Board, is a constitutional law expert and professor of law at Columbia Law School. He recently published a book called “How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights is Tearing America Apart.” He is a frequent commentator on constitutional law and the Supreme Court, and has written pieces in the New York Times, Slate, the...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Suzanne Nossel (content was: "* Suzanne Nossel is the CEO of PEN America, a nonprofit organization that works to defend free expression around the world. Nossel’s family escaped Nazi Germany and relocated to South Africa in the 1930s. She grew up in Scarsdale, New York. In high school, she advocated for the rights of Jewish people living in the Soviet Union. Nossel received her bachelor’s and JD...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Chris Cox (content was: "* Cox Is A Close Lieutenant Of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg And Is One Of The Longest-Running Executives At The Company. Cox has been a Facebook employee since 2005, aside from a year’s leave in 2019, and was one of the company’s first employees. He was one of the first 15 software engineers and one of the first 50 employees at the company. * As chief product officer...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Andrew "Boz" Bozworth (content was: "* Andrew Bosworth joined Facebook as the head of the firm’s advertising division in 2006. Since then he has become a close confidant of Mark Zuckerberg and is a staunch defender of the Big Tech firm, despite numerous scandals. ** Just 6 days after the Pulse Nightclub massacre, Bosworth wrote a memo arguing that any harm–including terrorist attacks, cyberbullying, and...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Adam Mosseri (content was: "* Mosseri was promoted to head of Instagram after the app’s founders left the company due to tension with Mark Zuckerberg regarding how much control Facebook exerted over Instagram. Mosseri was a long-time Zuckerberg loyalist and his move to Instagram was seen as part of Zuckerberg’s effort to consolidate control over the app. Mosseri seemed to align better with Zuck...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Joel Kaplan (content was: "* Kaplan, born in 1969, grew up in Weston, Massachusetts, a suburb 20 miles west of Boston. * Kaplan earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard, where he dated Sheryl Sandberg. * After college, Kaplan joined the U.S. Marines Corp and served as an artillery officer. * Kaplan then graduated from Harvard Law School before clerking for a U.S. Court of Appeals judge and Supr...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Sheryl Sandberg (content was: "* After the January 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, Sandberg denied Facebook held responsibility for the attacks: “‘I think these events were largely organized on platforms that don’t have our abilities to stop hate, don’t have our standards, and don’t have our transparency.” * Experts, however, found the Capitol attacks were organized on Facebook. One r...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:17, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Apple and the Biden Administration (content was: "* One of Biden’s top advisors, Cynthia Hogan, worked as the top lobbyist for Apple, Inc. from 2016-2020. Hogan left her role as Vice President for Public Policy and Government Affairs at Apple, Inc. to join the Biden campaign and his vice presidential selection team.<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/30/apple-exec-cynthia-hogan-joins-bidens-vp-vetting-team/</ref> ** H...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:17, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page American Bar Association (content was: " ''Presidential transitions using the ABA where captured by industry'' * There were 22 lawyers, professors and economists who served on the American Bar Association Antitrust Section presidential transition report task force. * The American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s transition report task force leadership included William MacLeod and Richard Parker, two cor...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:17, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Governors and Attorney General Associations of Both Parties (content was: "* Amazon, Google, and Facebook have donated at least a combined total of $3,422,000 to just the Governors And Attorneys Generals Associations of both parties: ** 2017 – 2018: Amazon Donated $375,748 Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, And RAGA<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtedetail.php?ein=464501717&cycle=2018</ref> **2007 – 2018: Google Donated Over $1.5 Million...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:16, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Future Privacy Forum (content was: "* The Future Privacy Forum received funding from Google, Amazon, and Facebook. * The Forum backed the recent passage of the Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act.<ref>https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021/03/30/virginias-new-big-tech-backed-data-privacy-law-is-the-nations-second-critics-say-it-doesnt-go-far-enough/</ref> ** The bill passed with bipartisan support but was cri...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:15, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page New American Foundation (content was: "* New America Foundation received more than $21 million from Google.<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/eric-schmidt-google-new-america.html&ust=1645297260000000&usg=AOvVaw3RTmt5-TX_nvmSSjjSNEt3&hl=en</ref> * In 2017, New America chastised its in-house Open Markets Institute for praising a European antitrust settlement ag...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:15, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Lina Khan and the FTC (content was: " Lina Khan is a widely hailed advocate and legal scholar who has redefined antitrust policy and created a clear vision for a modernized FTC. * In 2018, Politico Magazine’s 50 Influential Idea’s List described Khan as the “the leader of the new school of thought” that recognized tech monopolies as the facilitators of widespread societal harms with consequences b...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 14:56, 18 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page File:Lobbyists.jpg
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• 14:51, 18 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech Influence Maps (Created page with "thumb") Tag: Visual edit
• 14:50, 18 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page File:Private Sector.jpg
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