Few Tech Mentions in Democrats' 2nd Presidential Primary Debate
Tech and telecom policy issues barely factored into the second 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate Thursday, unlike during the first debate Wednesday, which included a proposal from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to break up big tech companies like Google, Facebook…
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and Amazon (see 1904170046 and 1906270010). Two presidential hopefuls on Thursday dinged Amazon -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., faulted CEO Jeff Bezos for the extent of his wealth and tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang criticized the company for not paying any income taxes last year. Yang and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., cited concerns about automation of the economy. Technology “is automating away millions of jobs,” Yang said. Swalwell emphasized the U.S. “must be a country where technology creates more jobs than it displaces” and said he has “seen that anxiety across America where manufacturing floors go from 1,000 [employees] to 100 to one.” South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said China is using technology “for the perfection of dictatorship,” citing that country's major investment in R&D “so they can run circles around us” on artificial intelligence.