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The Choice for U.S. Regulators: Follow China or EU?
One approach emphasizes growth and innovation. The other puts a premium on privacy and safety.
Congress has taken notice of social media. That's how it starts.
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This seems to be the year when Americans hit the pause button on the advance of technology in their daily lives and grapple with how we got here and where we’re going.
My Bloomberg colleague Tyler Cowen has written about a looming clash between the values of Washington, D.C., and the values of the San Francisco Bay Area. They are indeed quite different cultures, and as each considers the future of tech, they will find models outside the U.S.: the European style, and the Chinese approach.