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As the ‘digital oligarchy’ grows in power, NZ will struggle to regulate its global reach and influence

  • Written by Alexandra Andhov, Chair in Law and Technology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

The images of President Donald Trump at his inauguration surrounded by the titans of the global tech industry is a warning of what could come: a global digital oligarchy dominated by a tiny tech elite.

Companies like Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X Corp, and OpenAI (all based in the United States) now operate beyond the control of most...

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