Microsoft President: Democracy Is At Stake. Regulate Big Tech
Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology," he says.
Regulate us. That's the unexpected message from one of the country's leading tech executives. Microsoft President Brad Smith argues that governments need to put some "guardrails" around engineers and the tech titans they serve.
If public leaders don't, he says, the Internet giants will cannibalize the very fabric of this country.
"We need to work together; we need to work with governments to protect, frankly,
