It's a tough balancing act for platforms, they do not want to call the shots in foreign policy disputes.

Karen Kornbluh

Karen Kornbluh (born 1963) is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a think tank dedicated to promoting transatlantic cooperation. She was previously Executive Vice President of External Affairs at Nielsen, Senior Fellow for Digital Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a presidentially-appointed member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. She is an expert on communications policy, international trade and issues affecting working families. Her profile in The New York Times focused on her efforts “Fighting for Economic Equality.” A senior adviser to Barack Obama from the beginning of his Senate tenure throughout his 2008 presidential campaign, he appointed her in 2009 as the U.S. Ambassador to the OECD.

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