Chris Anderson acknowledges the argument that tech leaders may be helping to empower an autocratic regime by seeking the president's approval.

“So even though they're in competition with each other, you're saying that they share a need to have the president's approval. So they are doing things to win that approval, and thereby they're helping to construct and empower the creation of a kind of autocracy.”

Carole Cadwalladr argues that the combination of Trump and major tech leaders is creating a new form of autocracy in America.

“that the combination of Trump and a collection of big tech leaders is in danger of creating a new kind of autocracy in America.”