Containing Big Tech

Containing Big Tech

How to Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, and Democracy Hardcover – August 22, 2023
by Tom Kemp (Author)
Nonfiction Book Awards Gold Medal

The path forward to rein in online surveillance, AI, and tech monopolies

Technology is a gift and a curse. The five Big Tech companies―Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google―have built innovative products that improve many aspects of our lives. But their intrusiveness and our dependence on them have created pressing threats to our civil rights, economy, and democracy.

Coming from an extensive background building Silicon Valley-based tech startups, Tom Kemp eloquently and precisely weaves together the threats posed by Big Tech:

the overcollection and weaponization of our most sensitive data
the problematic ways Big Tech uses AI to process and act upon our data
the stifling of competition and entrepreneurship due to Big Tech's dominant market position