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Local Media “Biden Administration Will Take Over Big IT Companies”
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Before the era of US President Joe Biden, IT dinosaur companies like Facebook and Google are tense. “The information technology giants are threatening democracy,” said Biden, who predicted a war with them. Reporter Yeojin Lee reports. Bill Rousseau, deputy director of public affairs for Biden’s electoral field on the 9th, said: “Facebook neglects fake news and posts promoting election violence” and “Facebook has broken democracy.” Rousseau noted that “17 of the top 20 Facebook posts from 3 to 8 allegedly concerned President Trump’s alleged election fraud and allegedly winning the election.” In this regard, local media said: “The Biden administration predicted that Facebook and other large IT companies, the so-called ‘Big Tech’, will be affected. Biden-elect himself is also in a negative position towards the information technology giant. In an interview with the New York Times in January, Biden-elect said, “I’ve never been a fan of Facebook” and that Facebook CEO “Zuckerberg is really a problem.” Sen. Amy Cloversha, who is being considered as a candidate for attorney general in Joe Biden’s administration, said on the 12th that “Google’s separation plans should also be discussed” in connection with Google’s antitrust suit. Senator Cloversha, who served on the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, also proposed legislation to strengthen antitrust regulations. It is also expected to strengthen the responsibility of Internet companies. Biden also argued that “Article 230 of the Communications Quality Act,” which requires social media companies to be exempt from legal liability for user posts, should be abolished. Until now, social media companies like Google and Facebook weren’t responsible for posts on their platforms, but narrowing the scope of their immunity increases the company’s liability for fake news or defamatory posts. There is also a report that if disciplinary action is taken for violating the antitrust law, an astronomical fine of several billion won will be imposed. However, as Silicon Valley is the backyard of the Democratic Party, it is expected that there will be no tough measures like the division of the computer dinosaur. In addition, the fact that it is not easy to break the wings of native US IT companies in the context of the competition for digital hegemony with China is another reason why the IT industry is depressed. This is YTN Lee Yeo-jin.
