Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are 40 days today from a general election--40 days--40 days until the American people make their choice, or at least that is the idea. But there are a group of people who seem intent on influencing the people's choice, on manipulating it, on shaping it according to their own preferences. I am not talking about China or Russia or Iran; I am talking about a group of corporations--the most powerful corporations in the history of this Nation, the most powerful corporations in the history of the world. I am talking about being Big Tech. We know who they are. They run the giant digital platforms, the places where Americans communicate and share their opinions. But those platforms are more than that. They are more than places to talk or buy things. Facebook and Google, Twitter and Instagram and YouTube--these are the platforms that control more and more of our daily lives. And, yes, I said ``control.'' These platforms control our social communication, the way that we talk to each other, when and how, where, and on what terms. They control what news we read or even what news we see. They control more and more journalism in America, right down to what is in news articles and how the headlines are written. They control how elected officials communicate with their constituents, when they can run advertisements, what their messages can say and can't. And they want to control us. Big Tech platforms relentlessly spy on their customers--you and me.…”