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from Part II - A New Social Contract – Constitutionalizing Internet Governance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2019
In an article in January 2018 warning of an impending “techlash,” The Economist painted a bleak picture for the CEOs of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple, Netflix, and Microsoft. “Things have been rough in Europe for a while,” the article pointed out, and “America is not the haven it was” for the giants of tech that dominate the internet.1 From the presidential candidates in the next election to a group of concerned state attorneys general, The Economist predicted a great deal of anti-tech sentiment was coming from regulators. The year didn’t get much better for major tech companies from there. As the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections unfolded, not just Facebook, but all of the major technology companies faced a sudden shift in public opinion on a wave of negative press.
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