BERLIN, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Germany’s ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies “co-governing power”, according to a confidential document seen by Reuters.
The briefing document, dated Jan. 14 and signed by Ambassador Andreas Michaelis, describes Donald Trump’s agenda for his second White House term as one of “maximum disruption” that will bring about “a redefinition of the constitutional order - maximum concentration of power with the president at the expense of Congress and the federal states.”
“Basic democratic principles and checks and balances will be largely undermined, the legislature, law enforcement and media will be robbed of their independence and misused as a political arm, Big Tech will be given co-governing power,” it says.
And the Germans had better shut down AfD before the same thing happens to them, again.
Any idea what “co-governing power” means in this context?
Basic democratic principles and checks and balances will be largely undermined, the legislature, law enforcement and media will be robbed of their independence and misused as a political arm, Big Tech will be given co-governing power
I think this mainly means that tech companies will be able to regulate online speech and commerce, which is forbidden in the EU under the DSA and DMA.
Precursor to dystopia, I guess
I’m assuming they’ll be able to make laws.
I wonder who leaked this.
