# Why Big Tech is incompatible with democracy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxPorto
- Speaker: Bruno Giussani
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/bruno_giussani_why_big_tech_is_incompatible_with_democracy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Most of the technology powering life in Europe today — chatbots, the cloud, digital infrastructure — is owned by companies in the United States. Writer and curator Bruno Giussani makes the case that Europe's reliance on American technology has crossed the line from convenient to risky. His answer isn't to go it alone, but to build something the continent currently lacks: a real alternative, rooted in a different model. "Technology that does not spy on you — that should be Europe's digital difference,” he says.

## Lectures

1. [Why Big Tech is incompatible with democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/bruno_giussani_why_big_tech_is_incompatible_with_democracy/d5c2671a1a8d), 20 min (TED's player)