- Jeremy Corbyn, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s most powerful adversary, wants to create a publicly-owned tech company to rival Facebook and Netflix.
- His idea is called the British Digital Corporation and people think it sounds like a nationalised Facebook without the fake news and data misuse, where users can vote to get TV shows made.
- The vision is deliberately radical, but it has been ridiculed as unworkable and unnecessary.
- A senior BBC figure told Business Insider that the British Digital Corporation overlooks an organisation already doing the very things Corbyn wants to achieve — the BBC.
Imagine a website that has the power to connect you with others like Facebook, but also the ability to grip you with TV content to rival Netflix. Now imagine owning that website.
That was basically the proposal put forward this week by Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s opposition party and Prime Minister Theresa May’s most powerful adversary.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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