Former FCC chair Tom Wheeler likens today’s tech giants to 19th-century robber barons and argues only government intervention can prevent them harming the public interest.
When I first heard in 2013 that Barack Obama had chosen Tom Wheeler to head the crucial tech regulator that is the US Federal Communications Commission, my first thought was … what a sell-out! The new FCC boss had previously been head lobbyist for not one, but two industries: cable TV and cellular telecom.
Yes, the recent interest shown in Congress and by the White House in reining in Big Tech and trying to get a handle on AI seems encouraging. But if you want a symbol of how much the special interests are really in charge, consider Biden’s failed nomination of broadband expert Gigi Sohn as an FCC commissioner. Sohn was among the country’s most knowledgeable on communications policy, and she was a senior staffer at Wheeler’s FCC.
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