Democrats made a strategic alliance with Silicon Valley during Barack Obama’s presidency that they would be wise to shake in the face of a second Donald Trump term. Since the Obama era, Big Tech CEOs have portrayed themselves as champions for climate action and social justice, defenders of reproductive rights and fundamental freedoms, and thus allies to Democrats and progressives. “The good guys” of corporate America. But those days are long gone. And it's time to stop giving them a free pass.

Leading up to this year’s election, these same CEOs showed their true priorities: zero oversight, bigger government contracts, and unfettered monopoly power superseded years of lip service about social responsibility, protecting our democracy, or even U.S. national security.

We have agreed that every other industry is out to design its products safely. Why not social media platforms?

A recent YouGov poll found that two-thirds of Americans agreed misinformation on social media has gotten worse since 2020. And by now, so many Americans cannot distinguish fact from fiction that legitimate politics can barely function. An October Ipsos poll found that voters who answered factual questions about political issues like inflation and immigration incorrectly were more likely to prefer Donald Trump over Kamala Harris.

This means there’s no downside for Trump and his MAGA propagandists to keep spewing out lies on Big Tech’s platforms. And that’s to say........

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