Looking at not-so-bad side of FB, Amazon, Twitter as we bring them to heel

Big Tech indeed needs better regulation and management for the simple reason that they have an enormous sway over people's attention and make money from advertisers by monetising this attention

On November 18, in a large room with wood-panelled walls and a thick red carpet, Shivnath Thukral, the India head of public policy for Facebook — now Meta Platforms — sat in an ornate wooden chair at one end of a long oval table. The others around the table were members of the Delhi Assembly Committee on Peace and Harmony.

The head of the committee, Raghav Chadha, who has risen dramatically in Delhi politics since joining the Aam Aadmi Party when it was formed in 2012, was dressed in a dark suit and purple necktie and wore rimless spectacles. He dominated