The fight for tech accountability starts now

<figure> <img alt="“I Voted” stickers with digital effects." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/STK423_ELECTIONS4.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When Donald Trump began his second term as president, Silicon Valley gratefully embraced moral nihilism. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and more collectively <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/9/24340039/google-microsoft-trump-inauguration-donation">donated millions</a> to Trump's inauguration fund to ensure his favor in a new era of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24346317/trump-gangster-tech-regulation-corruption-grift">gangster tech regulation</a>. Meta <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338471/meta-hate-speech-hateful-conduct-policy-moderation">overhauled its content policy</a> to allow calling gay people mentally ill and women property. Elon Musk started throwing Nazi salutes - yes, <em>allegedly</em>, but he would soon be <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/837423/elon-musk-x-racist-posts-minnesota">posting nonstop</a> about protecting the white race from extinction, so that's the most fragile of fig leafs.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">As of mere months ago, this was working out pretty well for them. The Trump administration took a mostly …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/1026289/midterms-2026-results-ai-data-center-big-tech-accountability">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>