American Checklist

Why The Biggest Corporations Have Many Enemies Now that Donald Trump has announced a class action lawsuit against Google, Facebook, and Twitter, a lot of facts will come to light about how these enormous companies profit from their users. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Mark Young explain how these corporations use their users’ attention to make money and reveal other practices you might not have been aware of. • Personal liability: In filing a class action suit against not only           companies but their CEOs, Donald Trump is trying to attach           personal liability. • Creating control: By creating a class action suit, Donald Trump       has made himself the lead plaintiff, which means he’ll have             control even if there are many other plaintiffs. • Selling your data: While they’re free to use, Facebook and               Twitter make money by selling their users’ data. • Misusing your attention: A cause of bother that you might not       have identified is that other people are misu