Ex Google boss says social media ‘serving as amplifiers for idiots is not what we intended’

Former Google boss Eric Schmidt has said social media networks ‘serving as amplifiers for idiots and crazy people is not what we intended’ as he hit back at the Department of Justice’s blockbuster antitrust lawsuit.  Schmidt, 65, who stepped down from Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. in 2019, said the ‘most obvious candidate for regulation are … Read more