Well I’m not American, so I have no idea who that is. Just skimming Wikipedia, looks like she served as the Assistant Attorney General of the antitrust division during the second Trump admin, but resigned earlier this year. Dunno anything about her though, so can’t place any assumptions.
pmk@piefed.ca 1 day ago
She is known for trying to break up monopolies in tech, which is why people were surprised when she was selected by Trump who has tech giant friends. That’s what the proton ceo was praising, Gail Slater being picked. She didn’t last long, presumably because she indeed tried to break up big tech. He was also saying that the Democrats had done very little when they had the chance, because some Democrats are on the side of big tech. This was the controversy, and soon people called proton fascist and what not, and I don’t think it’s entirely fair.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
His language of how Trump and the Republicans are their “only chance” to fight Big Tech isn’t great though. People were rightfully pretty mad about this, and Proton (the company) tried to position itself as “apolitical” and distanced themselves from the CEO. Being super pro-Trump is not a great image, especially given how they are financing big tech, promoting whatever makes them the most money, warmongering, and threatening political freedom.
pmk@piefed.ca 1 day ago
I agree that his language wasn’t great. The appropriate language should have been to either not say anything or at least also criticize Trumps generally corrupt ways. It sounds to me similar to praising the strict animal welfare laws in Germany under the Nazis. I am all for banning vivisection and making animal cruelty illegal. That was a good thing, done by horrible people. If I say those laws were good, it doesn’t mean I’m a Nazi. But still, it wouldn’t look good.