Opinion: Big Tech makes peace with Big Brother

A man wears a face mask as he check his phone in Times Square in New York City. What was once thunderously described as 'surveillance capitalism' is now a pandemic necessity. — AFP

There are no atheists in foxholes, and no tech regulators in a coronavirus lockdown.

What was once thunderously described as "surveillance capitalism” is now a pandemic necessity. Twitch is where our children go to school; Twitter where epidemiological models are debated; and WhatsApp where we have drinks with friends.