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Editorial | January 2026
Great Men Simply Know Better: How the Twitter Takeover Exposes One of Big Tech’s Most Harmful Traits
What goes wrong when society pins its hopes on tech billionaires to solve the world’s problems?
- Big Tech Watch
Time for Upgrade: Why Competition Law is Not Enough for the Platform Economy
The platform economy presents challenges that need newer policies beyond the competition law regime. What can these new approaches look like?
- Big Tech Watch
- The Policy Table
Davos 2022 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Despite its avowed allegiance to progressive values, how does the WEF’s Davos Summit further the consolidation of corporate power, particularly in the digital arena?
- Big Tech Watch
- The Policy Table
Cracks in the Edifice: Postcards from the People’s Tech Frontier
The DataSyn team chronicles the stories of activists, workers, and even nation-states’ resistance to, and resilience against Big Tech.
- Big Tech Watch
- The New Precariat
Bot Populi’s 2021 Recommendations for Everything Big Tech
The DataSyn team asked 21 experts to share their media and book recommendations on all things Big Tech to put together this holiday list of reflection, leisure, and introspection.
- Big Tech Watch