Big Tech’s Trump card and our digital dilemma

Big Tech’s Trump card and our digital dilemma
Donald Trump’s strategy is to pursue unilateral action, pushing countries towards individual solutions. (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
Every morning I turn on the radio to listen to RNZ’s Morning Report, expecting to hear the news that New Zealand has joined Greenland, Panama, Canada and the whole of Europe on Donald Trump’s shit list.Our woeful military spending will likely spark the US president’s ire as Chinese warships continue their unannounced tiki tour around the Tasman. But it is just as likely to be a warning about our fledgling efforts to extract payments from Big Tech companies that get us in diplomatic hot water. In fact, those efforts,...

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