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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  ## Roger McNamee McNamee began his Silicon Valley investing career in 1982\. He was an early investor in Facebook and an advisor to Mark Zuckerberg. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller [_Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe_](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780525561354).  ## Roger McNamee *  Apr 5, 2023 ### [There Is Only One Question That Matters with AI](https://time.com/6268843/ai-risks-democracy-technology/) Should private corporations be allowed to run uncontrolled experiments on humanity? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 19, 2022 ### [The Media Is Making the Same Mistakes with Musk That It Did with Trump](https://time.com/6242268/twitter-elon-musk-media-coverage/) Twitter is a soap opera where Musk is the star, the only actor in the spotlight. The world should lo... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 18, 2022 ### [Twitter Is Collapsing, and Nothing Can Replace It](https://time.com/6234759/nothing-can-replace-twitter-roger-mcnamee/) Under Elon Musk the Twitter that so many people depend on may collapse. Roger McNamee on what comes ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 28, 2022 ### [Amazon's Dangerous Ambition to Dominate Healthcare](https://time.com/6201575/amazons-dangerous-ambition-to-dominate-healthcare/) Amazon's efforts to buy One Medical and expand further into healthcare must be stopped to protect pa... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 22, 2022 ### [Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Rule the Future of the Internet. Chuck Schumer Must Stop Him](https://time.com/6189906/mark-zuckerberg-meta-future-of-internet-congress/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 2, 2022 ### [Sheryl Sandberg Made Facebook Into a Giant—But At a Cost](https://time.com/6183520/sheryl-sandberg-facebook-legacy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 2, 2022 ### [Twitter Is Brilliant. The Damage It's Done Is Undeniable](https://time.com/6172636/twitter-policy-failures-elon-musk/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 7, 2021 ### [Facebook Will Not Fix Itself](https://time.com/6104863/facebook-regulation-roger-mcnamee/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 9, 2021 ### [An Open Letter to Tim Cook](https://time.com/6095966/open-letter-tim-cook-apple-antitrust/) Silicon Valley investor and tech activist Roger McNamee is frustrated that Apple does not appear to ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 2, 2021 ### [The Biden Administration Must Focus on Antitrust](https://time.com/5952229/biden-big-tech-antitrust/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 28, 2021 ### [Facebook's "Oversight Board" Is a Sham](https://time.com/5933989/facebook-oversight-regulating-social-media/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 11, 2020 ### [The Facebook Antitrust Case Is a Vital First Step. But More Needs to Happen](https://time.com/5920453/facebook-antitrust-case/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 29, 2020 ### [Big Tech Needs To Be Regulated. Here's How.](https://time.com/5872868/big-tech-regulated-here-is-4-ways/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 24, 2020 ### [Moderation Won't Fix Social Media's Problems](https://time.com/5855733/social-media-platforms-claim-moderation-will-reduce-harassment-disinformation-and-conspiracies-it-wont/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 4, 2020 ### [Facebook Cannot Fix Itself. 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