Welcome to the first post-election Tuesday Tech drop. Every Tuesday, I round up the past week’s top stories at the intersection of technology and politics.

On my last Tech DropI warned that the election of Donald Trump would risk accelerating this trend. rich elite They are consolidating their power over powerful technology tools, including social media platforms, to divide Americans. Trump’s victory represents a major achievement It will be our job to win for some of these very wealthy technocrats and, in the years to come, to protect against their efforts, as users and consumers, to amass power and weaponize technology against the defenseless.

Prison sentence for Jack Teixeira

Jack Teixeira, Air National Guard member Top secret Pentagon documents leaked He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday on messaging platform Discord. Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to violating the Espionage Act, has been behind bars since his arrest last year. He had previously been denied release after authorities raised concerns that foreign governments might aid his escape and discovered he had done so. History of violent rhetoricIncluding a social media post in which he said he “wanted to kill a bunch of people.”

Read more Reuters.

The future of the FCC?

Now that Trump is president-elect, media outlets are focusing on the personnel of his new administration. Ars Technica has a brief recap on FCC commissioner Brendan Carr, who is seen as a potential choice to head the commission. The profile highlights some of Carr’s MAGA bona fides; These include his writing. Project 2025His segment on the FCC, his claim that the government’s denial of an $886 million contract to Elon Musk was a politicized “punishment,” and his objection to “Saturday Night Live” featuring Kamala Harris in a pre-election episode. (NBC, which airs “SNL” and is also owned by MSNBC’s parent company) Trump gets equal airtime (After a NASCAR race the next day.)

Read more at: Ars Teknik.

Silicon Valley worried about Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown

Silicon Valley tech leaders are openly worried about how Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown could affect the workforce, especially since many tech-related jobs in the U.S. are held by people with H1-B visas.

Read more at: Business Content.

Big Tech oligarchy

Following Trump’s election victory, I warned on the ReidOut blog about how wealthy Big Tech power brokers aligned with Republicans and the online platforms they control were helping lay the groundwork for his return to the White House.

Read the blog Here.

Musk’s unexpected fall after the election

CNBC reported that Elon Musk became $70 billion richer as a result of Trump’s election, primarily due to the increase in Tesla’s stock prices. It looks like his decision to turn Twitter into a pro-Trump propaganda machine that will cost $44 billion is working out pretty well for him.

Read more at: CNBC.

Toxic MAGA masculinity unleashed

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue has published a report on the explosion of online misogyny targeting women since Trump’s election victory. Some of these behaviors include men calling for “rape”, “rape teams” and targeting women with the phrase “your body, my choice”.

Read my blog on the report Here.

The disturbing Discord hunter was punished

A Michigan man who used Discord to prey on children was sentenced to 30 years in prison last week. FBI Director Christopher Wray said the man, Richard Anthony Reyna Densmore, “organized a community to target children through online gaming sites and used extortion and blackmail to force his underage victims to record themselves committing acts of self-harm and violence.”

Read the Ministry of Justice’s press release Here.

Meta made an offer to the EU

In response to pressure from the European Union on the use of targeted advertising, Meta proposed allowing Instagram and Facebook users to opt-in for “less personalized ads,” according to The Wall Street Journal. There is EU took the lead worldwide In the fight against social media manipulation, hate speech and online violent extremism. Before the presidential election, J.D. Vance was threatened He will cut off US support for NATO if European countries “do not respect freedom of expression” and exempt Musk from their rules.

Read more about Meta’s offering Wall Street Magazine.