Roger McNamee

McNamee has been a Silicon Valley investor for 35 years. His book is Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe. His most recent fund, Elevation, included U2's Bono as a co-founder.

Big Tech Needs to Be Regulated. Here Are 4 Ways to Curb Disinformation and Protect Our Privacy

Recent months have seen mounting evidence that the algorithmic spread of ha...

Recent months have seen mounting evidence that the algorithmic spread of hate speech, disinformation, and conspiracy theories by major internet platforms has undermined America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has also increased political polarization...

Content moderators work at a Facebook office in Austin, Texas on March 5, 2019.

Social Media Platforms Claim Moderation Will Reduce Harassment, Disinformation and Conspiracies. It Won't

If the United States wants to protect democracy and public health, it must ...

If the United States wants to protect democracy and public health, it must acknowledge that internet platforms are causing great harm and accept that executives like Mark Zuckerberg are not sincere in their promises to...

A notification from Twitter appears on a tweet by President Trump warning that it violated its policy on May 29

Facebook Cannot Fix Itself. But Trump's Effort to Reform Section 230 Is Wrong

In a week that saw the official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in th...

In a week that saw the official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States surpass 100,000, when the number of applications for unemployment insurance exceeded 40 million and Americans were protesting in...

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg testified to the Senate in Washington, D.C. on April 10, 2018

I Mentored Mark Zuckerberg. I Loved Facebook. But I Can't Stay Silent About What's Happening.

I am really sad about Facebook. I got involved with the company more than a...

I am really sad about Facebook. I got involved with the company more than a decade ago and have taken great pride and joy in the company's success ... until the past few months. Now...

Roger McNamee

Big Tech Needs to Be Regulated. Here Are 4 Ways to Curb Disinformation and Protect Our Privacy

Social Media Platforms Claim Moderation Will Reduce Harassment, Disinformation and Conspiracies. It Won't

Facebook Cannot Fix Itself. But Trump's Effort to Reform Section 230 Is Wrong

I Mentored Mark Zuckerberg. I Loved Facebook. But I Can't Stay Silent About What's Happening.

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