“The risks that tech giants pose to ordinary Americans are clear,” Biden said in an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal, just days after the Republican Party won a majority in the House of Representatives as a result of the midterm elections held in November. “It’s time to do something,” he added.
The Democratic president said he is “proud” of what the tech sector has accomplished but is also “concerned, like many Americans,” “at the way this industry collects, shares and uses our most personal information.” , which amplifies extremism”. and “puts our children at risk.
“Millions of young people are struggling with bullying, violence, trauma” and “mental health” problems, the President emphasized. “We must hold social networks accountable for the experiments they are doing on our children in order to make a profit.”
Biden, like Trump, cited his administration’s efforts to protect personal information, combat online discrimination and strengthen state powers to sanction anti-competitive practices.
“But our current prerogatives have limits,” he declared, urging lawmakers from both parties to expand the legal framework governing tech giants.
FONT: With information from AFP