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A New Deal for the Age of AI: How Democrats can hold Big Tech accountable
Comments: by Sacha Haworth, opinion contributor - 11/12/26 9:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Sacha Haworth, opinion contributor - 11/12/26 9:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied Associated Press FILE – Anti-data center demonstrators protest at the Pennsylvania state Capitol, Oct.
(AP Photo/Marc Levy, File) In 2018, House Democrats won 41 seats by hammering the message that Republicans, led by an unpopular president, gave sweetheart tax deals to a corrupt industry that hurt regular people. That year's villain was the health insurance industry. This year's was Big Tech — the first-ever election in which tech issues became a centerpiece of campaign ads.
The worst thing Democrats could do now is return to business as usual in Washington, just as voters handed them a tech accountability mandate. It would betray our campaign promises, fail to meet the moment, and create resentment in the electorate that will cost us in 2028. Our mass condemnation of the tech industry has been swift. From 2020 to 2024, Democrats and allies ran just two ads that mentioned Big Tech.
