A TIMES BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOK OF THE YEARThe awardwinning Financial Times columnist exposes the threat that Big Tech poses to our democracies our economies and ourselvesPowerful Sunday Times Google and Facebook receive 90 of the worlds news advertising spend. Amazon takes half of all ecommerce in the US. Google and Apple operating systems run on all but 1 of cell phones globally. And 80 of corporate wealth is now held by 10 of companies the digital titans. How did these onceidealistic and innovative companies come to manipulate elections violate our privacy and pose a threat to the fabric of our democracy Through her skilled reporting and unparalleled access Rana Foroohar reveals the true extent to which the FAANGs Facebook Apple Amazon Netflix and Google crush or absorb competitors hijack our personal data and mental space and offshore their exorbitant profits. Whats more she shows how these threats to our democracies livelihoods and minds are all intertwined. Yet Foroohar also lays out a plan for how we can resist creating a framework that fosters innovation while protecting us from the dark side of digital technology.A masterful critique ObserverInsightful and powerfully argued Daily MailEssential reading ... whipsmart Niall FergusonLaser vision and trenchant business analysis Shoshana Zuboff