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After a week of intense voting, Democratic candidate Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump and won the 2020 US presidential election. At the same time, the United States also welcomed the first vice president of African, Latin and South Asian descent. (Kamala Harris).
Currently, Biden has changed his Twitter account authentication to “President-elect of the United States”, and Harris has also changed his Twitter authentication to “Vice President-elect.”
After the election results were resolved, Biden said on Twitter:
America, it is an honor that I have been chosen to lead our great country. The work before us will be tough, but I assure you: I will be the president of all Americans, whether they vote for me or not. I will certainly live up to your trust in me.
Tech moguls sing to celebrate
After Biden was elected, tech industry bigwigs have spoken out on social media and congratulated Biden and Harris.
Facebook Operations DirectorSheryl sandbergIn a long article, she expressed her feelings about the rise of female leadership. Wrote:
Sometimes the United States will take a big step toward establishing a government that reflects the diversity of our country. Today is one of those days. I thought with joy that young people across the country are watching the news today, thinking, “Maybe I can lead this country too.”
Congratulations to Kamala Harris on this extraordinary achievement – breaking the glass ceiling and leadership norms – and congratulating President-elect Biden on this historic milestone.
CEO of AmazonJeff BezosHe posted a photo of Biden and Harris shaking hands after their win to Instagram to congratulate them on their choice and said:
Unity, compassion and decency are not characteristics of the past. By record voting, the American people proved once again that our democracy is strong.
Additionally, the two Microsoft CEOs also sent congratulatory messages to Biden and Harris.
Bill gatesHe said on Twitter:
Congratulations to Biden on his election as President and Harris on his election as Vice President. Thank you to election officials and campaign personnel for your tireless efforts to ensure that a record number of Americans vote and count votes at a time when our country faces challenges.
I look forward to working with the new administration and bipartisan leaders in Congress to control this growing epidemic, engage with partners around the world on issues such as poverty and climate change, and solve the problems of inequality and national opportunity. .
Current President of MicrosoftBrad smithEven more eloquent, he wrote an extensive blog “Building a New Bridge: Our Thoughts on the American Elections,” on which a Microsoft logo was placed.
The blog wrote:
Election day this year has turned into a long and tense election week, and many Americans are anxiously staring at the screen waiting for the election results. I often hear speculation from authoritative sources that it seems that we rarely have such a divided country. If true, this also makes another proposition even more apparent: if we want to move forward as a country, we must build new bridges and close the gap between us.
Also, some bigwigs in the AI field aren’t idle.
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Stanford University, Chinese AmericanWu endaCheep:
I am relieved by the election results and thank all the people who made the election possible. Thank you to everyone who helped with fair elections, to the media who stood up for the truth, and to everyone who voted or spoke to participate in this wonderful democracy.
New York University Professor, Facebook’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Scientist, ACM Turing Award WinnerYann LeCunA slightly humorous tweet was posted and a video of the alarm bells ringing in Paris, France was also attached.
Yann LeCun stated:
After Biden announced his victory, the bells rang across France. In fact, I think they are happier with Trump’s defeat than with Biden’s victory.
Senior Researcher and Senior Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at GoogleJeff DeanMore concerned about whether visa policy may return to normal after Biden takes the stage?
I very much hope that we can allow America to welcome back the best and brightest students from around the world to our colleges and universities. This has been an incredible fortress of the United States for decades. I hope we can welcome outstanding students with open arms again!
Interestingly, a comment below this tweet said that it had been bad for decades, and Trump only made the situation worse.
Keras fatherFrancois Chollet said：
In any case, I am very happy to see that this episode of “America” ends in a comedy rather than a tragedy.
After Biden takes office, what is the impact of the tech industry?
Although the inauguration of the new president has attracted a lot of attention, its impact on the technology circle is also worth noting.
Especially in the United States under Trump’s leadership, there are still many problems to be solved, including antitrust investigations by tech companies, net neutrality, rural broadband, and online privacy.
According to Cnet reports, Biden’s position on these issues is primarily as follows:
Antitrust
During the US election campaign, the US Congress launched an antitrust investigation against US tech giants. And just last month, Google filed a lawsuit accusing it of an illegal monopoly in the field of search and search advertising.
The antitrust investigation of the tech giants is not over yet, and how to curb the big tech companies has become one of the issues Biden needs to think about.
Previously, a grim 449-page report from Congress detailed abuse of market power by Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook, and the report also outlined ways and means to curb the dominance of the top four US tech companies. Under the Biden administration and the Democratic Congress, technology companies will face problems.
Obviously, the US government has begun tightening scrutiny of big tech companies.
Regarding this issue, Biden has previously stated that it is too early to discuss the separation of companies and prefers to restrict the power of these companies through supervision.
Section 230
Section 230 (Section 230) refers to Section 230 of the “Communications Regulation Act” enacted by the United States in 1996, that is:
The provider or user of interactive computer services shall not be considered a publisher or spokesperson for any information provided by another information content provider.
no provider or user of an interactive computer service will be treated as the publisher or broadcaster of any information provided by another information content provider。
In other words, Internet companies generally do not need to take responsibility for content posted by users on their networks, giving Internet companies a legal “safe haven”.
In this regard, Biden once told the New York Times that “Section 230” should be abolished immediately.
He said:
This is spreading a lie that they know is wrong. We must set standards, just like Europeans do in terms of privacy.
Also, Lei Feng(Public account: Leifeng.com)He noted that during elections, Biden’s team used to open Facebook due to political advertising content.
Net neutrality
On the issue of net neutrality, Biden himself has said little so far.
However, a spokesman for Biden’s campaign said the president-elect supports strict protection of net neutrality.
The spokesperson noted in the statement:
Joe Biden has promoted net neutrality and hopes that (the Federal Communications Commission) will take direct action to keep the Internet open and free for all Americans.
However, Cnet reported that when Biden was a senator, he did not co-sponsor or support net neutrality legislation, including the Internet Freedom Protection Act of 2007.
Therefore, this question remains to be seen and studied.
Rural broadband
During the campaign, Biden once said that it is the “moral responsibility of our time” to rebuild the American middle class. He believes that the revitalization of the American countryside is the cornerstone of this effort.
Regarding the rural economic development policy, one of its strategies is to invest US $ 20 billion to provide broadband access to communities without broadband. At the same time, he also called for cooperation with municipal utilities to connect optical broadband to rural communities in the United States.
Biden wrote in his rural policy:
High-speed broadband is essential to the economy of the 21st century. When so many jobs and businesses can be distributed anywhere, high-speed Internet access should become an important balancer for the rural American economy, not another handicap. economical.
Online privacy
During the election campaign, Biden did not mention data privacy issues too much, but from some of his speeches during his tenure as chairman of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, one can still say a thing or two about his attitude.
During his tenure, Biden initiated several bills, including the Law Enforcement Communications Assistance Act, which made it easier for the FBI and law enforcement agencies to monitor communications.
Now that Biden takes office is a foregone conclusion, as to what insight he can bring to the tech industry, there is time to answer.
It’s worth mentioning that when everyone tweeted to celebrate, Trump also posted several tweets, but all were blocked by Twitter for “existing misleading information.”
(Red Lei Feng Red Lei Feng)
Note: This article is co-edited by Li Jingying and Xiao Man.
Reference materials:
https://www.cnet.com/news/biden-beats-trump-heres-what-it-means-for-tech/
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