By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/07/2026From the tech barons who paid $1m each to sit behind Trump on the inaugural dais to the millions tech companies donated to Trump's Epstein Ballroom at the White House, tech has made it clear that it supports anything Trump wants to do. 9/ 1173
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/07/2026Provided, that is, that Trump shields Big Tech from any attempt to limit their ability to spy on and steal from Americans and the world. 10/ 1162
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/07/2026Even before he took office, Trump made it clear how he would reward tech's loyalty: weeks before the inauguration, Trump went to Davos and threatened the EU with reprisals if they enforced the DSA or DMA against his tech companies: techcrunch.com/2025/01/23/t... 11/techcrunch.comTrump's not happy with how EU regulators have treated US tech giants | TechCrunchDonald Trump called the EU's regulation on U.S. tech companies, like Meta, Google and Apple, to be "a form of taxation." 193
