Comment by js8
3 days ago
"The tech companies were on the side of the American people. They fought to defend the 4th amendment."
I doubt it. The largest tech companies of the time were Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Oracle and IBM. It would be nice if you were more specific.
You should ask people who were there instead of doubting.
News articles are extremely available and things were so early that they did all fight like hell as a new industry.
The internet itself was the new unknown tech to politicians and their lobbyists just like ai is now.
Little is actually new except it’s maybe be to you just like the current crop of politicians the tech of the day that might impact power or connection between people.
I am asking, maybe you misread my comment?
IBM, for instance, was part of military-industrial complex before the term was coined. That's why I am quite skeptical of the claim.
The assumption of whether IBM m a major player in the tech or Internet side of things pertaining to the protest might be worth looking into.
Relationships between govt and tech industry for sure have existed, at that time the relevant and participatory parties may not have been present, or present in the way or on the sides being assumed if compared to today.
It’s actually a pretty interesting read.