Profile of Virginia senator Mark Warner, the former telecoms entrepreneur and venture capitalist who is now committed to regulating Big Tech
A former telecoms entrepreneur, the Virginia senator says that saving the industry (and democracy) might mean blowing up Big Tech as we know it. Tweets: @wired , @profgalloway , and @markwarner Tweets: @wired : Virginia Sen. Mark Warner represents one of the country's most defense-heavy states—home to the Pentagon and headquarters of 10 of the nation's 17 intelligence agencies. He's pressing for the reckoning of a new age of asymmetric warfare and info operations https://www.wired.com/... Scott Galloway / @profgalloway : .@MarkWarner gets it: “Russia surely spent less on its 2016 election attack than the cost of a single US F-35 fighter jet” https://www.wired.com/... Mark Warner / @markwarner : We can't wait for social media companies to act - Congress must step in to prevent these platforms from being used to amplify disinformation, manipulate the public, and undermine American democracy. https://www.wired.com/...