Andreas Wiebe, CEO Swisscows AG, operator of the European search engine 
Swisscows and the data-secure messenger TeleGuard, commenting the situation 
between Facebook and the Australian government: 

"The current conflict between Facebook and the Australian government shows once 
again that American high-tech companies increasingly have too much influence 
and in this specific case even become a threat to the self-determination of a 
government. By cutting off access to news and public information, Facebook 
wants to demonstrate its power, but in doing so it shows weakness and a lack of 
respect for a country's legislation and economy. Instead of engaging in 
discussion, it is simply shutting down."

"Every country should therefore also face up to the question of how to deal 
with these tech giants again. Instead of a trial of strength, the most 
important step would be to make our society and economy independent of them and 
to develop our own solutions. Now is the time to show self-confidence and use 
solutions that correspond to our self-image of respect for legislation, the 
economy and data protection. We cannot trust global tech companies to do this 
for us."

"We helped build this system. Now it has become a monster. Now is the time to 
show self-confidence and build our own solutions. We have the competence and 
the know-how. We already have appropriate solutions. Now it is up to us to use 
them."

About Swisscows
Swisscows is a Swiss technology company for intelligent software products and 
services in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Our 
passion is to protect people from surveillance. As the Swisscows team, we have 
made it our mission to provide a protected space for internet users. We set out 
to create safe alternatives in all areas.

Swisscows was founded in 2014 by Andreas Wiebe. The company is based in 
Egnach/Switzerland.

Further information: https://company.swisscows.ch/de 

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Source: Swisscows