Trump II could be moment to break US tech power: author

America's lashing out at trade partners under the second presidency of Donald Trump could prove the moment to break its tech firms' power beyond US borders, activist Cory Doctorow told AFP Tuesday.

A 25-year veteran of digital rights campaigning and prolific sci-fi author, Doctorow is riding high on the success of his book "Enshittification", published in October and already through five printings.

In it, he outlines how giant tech platforms such as Facebook, Uber or Amazon end up squeezing both their users and the businesses or workers who trade on them.

The threat of hefty tariffs was used in the past to keep countries in Europe and around the world aligned with American policy that enables such abuses, Doctorow said on the side

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