Big Tech Has Become Way Too Powerful - The New York Times

Big Tech Has Become Way Too Powerful



By Robert B. Reich, www.nytimes.com September 18th, 2015



Despite an explosion in the number of websites over the last decade, page views are becoming more concentrated. While in 2001, the top 10 websites accounted for 31 percent of all page views in America, by 2010 the top 10 accounted for 75 percent. Google and Facebook are now the first stops for many Americans seeking news — while Internet traffic to much of the nation’s newspapers, network television and other news gathering agencies has fallen well below 50 percent of all traffic. Meanwhile, Amazon is now the first stop for almost a third of all American consumers seeking to buy anything. Talk about power.



Big Tech Has Become Way Too Powerful - The New York Times