Ocasio-Cortez’s comments came in the aftermath of layoffs at a number of number of news organizations, including BuzzFeed and HuffPost.
“The biggest threats to journalism right now are tech monopolies & concentration of ownership,” she tweeted on Saturday, adding: “The fact of the matter is the current monopoly trend is societally & economically unsustainable. We can’t simply accept the cliché that ‘journalism is dying.’ Journalism will only die if we choose not to fight for it – and if journalism dies, our democracy will, too.”
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Since her primary victory, Ocasio-Cortez has shown a remarkable ability to use social media to amplify issues.
Source: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Big Tech giants’ dominance ‘unsustainable’
