Silicon Valley | Watching America

Honduras: The ‘Iron War’ and 6G

Alex Copley - August 28, 2026. Published in La Tribuna

[T]he challenge of 6G network development does not lie in microchips or programming; rather, it reflects an issue of international diplomacy, space policy and pure physics.

Mexico: Big Tech and the Police State

Patricia Simoni - June 10, 2025. Published in La Jornada

How did ICE get the information needed to convince a judge to [issue arrest warrants]?

Spain: The Trump Revolution Is Rattling the World

Robin Koerner - January 29, 2025. Published in La Razón

Trump is returning to the White House with more power than ever.

France: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Sam Bankman-Fried … To Preserve the System, Wall Street Needs a Return to More Dignity*

Robin Koerner - December 23, 2022. Published in Le Monde

T-shirt capitalism is collapsing in the U.S.

Poland: Silicon Party. Not Only Elon Musk Wants To Influence Politics and the World*

Robin Koerner - November 9, 2022. Published in Polityka

Germany: Valley of the Pampered

Mallory Matsumoto - October 4, 2022. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

The tone in Silicon Valley is now changing.

U.K.: I Saw Firsthand How US Tech Giants Seduced the EU – and Undermined Democracy

Robin Koerner - June 29, 2022. Published in The Guardian

Silicon Valley used opaque lobbying to weaken crucial new regulations. Firms like Google and Meta must be held to account.

Russia: Silicon Valley Has Gotten Too Close to Washington*

Robin Koerner - April 20, 2022. Published in Vzglyad

[W]e shall continue to watch with pleasure as the U.S. attempts to curb the terrifying and colossal power of tech monopolists.

Brazil: Silicon Valley Workers Are Rising Up*

Robin Koerner - October 24, 2021. Published in Estadão

Replacing one employee is easy. Replacing hundreds not so much.

South Korea: Fixing Regulations

Robin Koerner - April 24, 2021. Published in Korea JoongAng Daily

United Kingdom: Silicon Valley Has Deep Pockets for African Startups – If You’re Not African

Robin Koerner - July 19, 2020. Published in The Guardian

Global heavyweights ... have all invested in startups started by white founders in Africa more frequently than they have invested in firms led by black Africans... Jamme accuses outsiders of bringing a neo-colonialist mentality to the African startup ecosystem and exploiting naive first-time entrepreneurs.

France: When the National Holiday Falls on July 4

Robin Koerner - July 17, 2020. Published in Libération

While he inspires revulsion in France, Donald Trump is also a tree of bigotry hiding in the nearby forest.

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