By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/08/2026Forget "Don't be evil"; Google's true motto is a form of vulgar spidermanism: "With great power comes no responsibility." The internet's *de facto* boss is an absentee landlord. 1/ 420677
JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 05/08/2026The phrase Kipling wrote for Baldwin, then prime minister, about the press:* ‘Power without responsibility, the privilege of the harlot through the ages.’ 110
JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 05/08/2026*Possibly Beaverbrook specifically, I can’t remember And yes, more than a tad misogynistic, but hey, it’s Kipling. 020
