Facebook, Google, Twitter, Reddit, and Instagram had won Trump the election. Cambridge Analytica had manipulated social media—Facebook embedded its own employees in the Trump campaign. Tech had gone from the youth-led leveling force that had brought Obama to the White House to a nefarious, psychological propaganda machine. The public suddenly realized the scope and targeting power of Google’s and Facebook’s advertising engines. Members of Congress, sensing unrest, began singling out the tech companies. So did the media.
