{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6244d1918dd186001211b37a/68de252ed1a3cd6ea9750cb6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Blair, Ellison, Zuckerberg, Trump… and Albo? Big tech owns politics now","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6244d1918dd186001211b37a/1759388769823-fa559f83-7255-4098-af4e-d9563362c975.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Tony Blair wants to give Larry Ellison the full NHS data set, to “power AI”. Donald Trump is making trade and tariff threats on behalf of American tech billionaires. And when Mark Zuckerberg wanted changes made to Australian policies, he just called then treasurer Josh Frydenberg direct. Big tech is now inextricable from politics. How did it happen?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Crikey</em>'s politics reporter Anton Nilsson joins the podcast to discuss his part in the global investigation uncovering exactly how big tech shapes legislation, litigates against governments, and deploys its influence to avoid regulation.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Read more:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/26/tony-blair-larry-ellison-ai-influence-nhs-data/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Blair is a tech evangelist with a lot of power. Insiders are worried</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/01/read-tony-blair-gaza-draft-plan-in-full/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read the draft of Tony Blair’s plan for Gaza, in full</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/17/big-tech-invisible-hand-news-media-bargaining-code-australia-playbook/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Australia’s example has spread’: Inside big tech’s global playbook to stop news media bargaining codes</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/data-center-coalition-usa-big-tech-invisible-hand-lobbyists/%5C\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the US lobby group banking on the $6.7 trillion future of data centres</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/18/big-techs-invisible-hand-questions-google-unanswered/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Here’s 20 questions for Google that remain unanswered</a></li><li>Read the full <a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/big-techs-invisible-hand/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Big Tech’s Invisible Hand</a> series</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Crikey"}