MediaJustice

Tech oligarchs are capturing America’s media system. They’re doing it through three interconnected strategies: buying media companies outright, creating financial dependency through funding and artificial intelligence (AI) partnerships, and controlling the platforms where most people get their information. MediaJustice's new report maps how that capture works, who’s driving it, and why it matters for communities of color and organizers fighting for racial justice. What you need to know:

Tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta have spent more than $100 billion on data center construction just this summer, and data centers are expected to pass total US consumer spending as the driving force of the US economy this year. Big Tech is marketing these projects as “progress,” but a new report reveals how Southern communities are getting shorted.