Amid concerns about big tech’s influence, Obama tells Ottawa crowd social media can still bridge divides

Amid concerns about the influence of social media giants, there needs to be a debate about how society can reward and create incentives for them 'in a way that preserves core social goods,' says former U.S. president Barack Obama.

Former U.S. president Barack Obama, pictured in this file photograph, said, 'There’s a capacity for this digital age to create social solidarity in ways that would not have been possible.' The Hill Times file photograph

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 1, 2019

Former U.S. president Barack Obama says despite society’s increasing wariness towards big tech, it has yet to actually have a substantive conversation about how to preserve the social goods that technological advancements offer ...

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