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As early as 2017, executives at the ride-sharing platform Uber reportedly met with US Securities and Exchange Commission officials about granting company stock to their independent-contractor drivers.
By February 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that, with their initial public offerings approaching, Uber and its competitor Lyft found a way to ... See more
By February 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that, with their initial public offerings approaching, Uber and its competitor Lyft found a way to ... See more
Nathan Schneider • User Trusts: Broad-Based Ownership for Online Platforms
Should the Government Break Up Big Tech? A Soho Forum Debate
reason.comPluralistic: My McLuhan lecture on enshittification (30 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorowpluralistic.net
We sometimes treat the information industries as if they were like any other enterprise, but they are not, for their structure determines who gets heard. It is in this context that Fred Friendly, onetime CBS News president, made it clear that before any question of free speech comes the question of “who controls the master switch.”
Tim Wu • The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
provided my point of reference.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
