05-03-2018 11:24 via thedrum.com

BBC’s Tony Hall urges break with US tech giant hegemony

BBC director general Tony Hall will issue a clarion call to action against the hegemony of US technology giants as part of a rearguard action to protect British values.
Pitching the public broadcaster as David in a fight against the Silicon Valley Goliaths, Hall will warn that social unease and division risked spreading unchecked if the dominance of ‘west coast giants’ went unchecked, according to the Guardian.
Reserving the bulk of his ire for Amazon, Facebook, Google and
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