On his Inauguration Day, Donald Trump sent a message. The founders and CEOs of Apple,Amazon, Google, Meta, Open AI, and Uber, among other giant high-tech companies, sat in the front rows near the Trump family and cabinet nominees. Trump and his staff wanted to use that display of innovation, money, and power to convey that he was supported by America’s most successful companies. In turn, these leaders hoped the administration would ease the regulation of data-driven technologies and the business practices (surveillance capitalism) followed by many of these giant firms.
However, some two months later, many of these tech bros may regret their unabashed support for the future Trump
promised.
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