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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. But Trump's Effort to Reform Section 230 Is Wrong](https://time.com/5847963/trump-section-230-executive-order/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/roger-mcnamee/","name":"Roger McNamee"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/roger-mcnamee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/roger-mcnamee/"},"name":"Roger McNamee","jobTitle":null,"description":"McNamee began his Silicon Valley investing career in 1982. 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