I think they are the the most visible symptoms of a disease that has been growing for the past decade or so. They were a wakeup call to a lot of non-tech people on how much power social media/big data can have.

because peter thiel

oh, and because bezos and the washpo

Because Trump winning is the real issue behind all of these articles. There would be no "Big Tech" backlash (or a lot less of it) if Hillary had won.

It started before then and it exists outside the US as well.

People outside of the US are aware of what happened, and Russia has been targeting other countries elections as well (France, Germany, etc.).

And no one took it seriously.

The only targets that people were worried about were PLCs in power plans and other things that go boom.

Because they live in a bubble where these are part of their folklore.

What a crappy useless article. I sincerely doubt it was written by anyone honestly searching for solutions to the named problems.

Reading it feels like having a priest going through your life trying to craft "sins" from everything you broke when life was moving fast. The only person this is helping is the priest of course- it does not solve any problem, it does not stabilize anything.

Makes me wish there was a way to warn follow up users of wasted time on HN.