Hey, it's Manusher. Okay, we all know we are on our screens all the time. One study even found

that we've increased our time online by 500% since the pandemic started. And all this screen time,

it's been a boon for the Big Four Tech companies, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google.

Their stock prices have soared over the summer. But also this summer, their CEOs were grilled by

lawmakers who have had some of the same questions that we've had. Like, are these companies using their

power for good or just their bottom line? And what responsibility to society and humanity do they have?

Well, we got some answers from amazing speakers and an episode we did back in March.

You might have missed this one. It was one of my first episodes and it came out just as many of us

were going into lockdown. So please take a listen or listen again. Because as a veteran tech reporter,

finding ways to live better with our technology is a mission near and dear to my heart.

And I think the ideas on this episode are even more urgent now. Thanks so much for being here.

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I'm Anush Zomerodi. And I think I'm a pretty good citizen. I am law abiding. I stop at red lights.

I pay my taxes. I try to be nice to my neighbors. You probably do too. But what rules do we follow when

we go online? Well, none. There are no rules. But maybe there should be. Because what happens

on the internet can have real life repercussions. So this particular example happened

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