Former Google CEO calls social networks ‘amplifiers for idiots’


Google’s YouTube has tried to decrease the spread of misinformation and lies about Covid-19 and US politics over the last year, with mixed results. Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have also been under fire in recent years for allowing racist and discriminatory messages to spread online. — AFP

Former Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt said the “excesses” of social media are likely to result in greater regulation of Internet platforms in the coming years.

Schmidt, who left the board of Google’s parent Alphabet Inc in 2019 but is still one of its largest shareholders, said the antitrust lawsuit the US government filed against the company on Tuesday was misplaced, but that more regulation may be in order for social networks in general.

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