Why Big Tech is Clashing with Internet Freedom Advocates

A rift is growing between the tech industry and civil society, and "it will probably only continue to get more pronounced," says Craig Aaron of Free Press. "Companies like Google and Facebook have amassed so much power over what we watch see and read every day. If you're a true public interest group that worries about media power like we do, you have to have an eye on these guys." One major flash point: privacy. Then there are antitrust issues, many of which got their start in governmental oversight.