What next for news as Trump picks Elon's pal as his running mate

Vice President pick JD Vance wants Big Tech broken up and Section 230 repealed, yet Silicon Valley's scions are his largest backers...

It’s a US election special today as the new guy vying for the White House is primed to dismantle Big Tech.

JD Vance calls Google “the world’s most dangerous company”, and wants it broken up. He’s also demanding the platforms’ protections under Section 230 are torn up.

But his rise to become Vice President elect has been funded by Big Tech’s shadowy powerbroker Peter Thiel, and it was Elon Musk that pushed Donald Trump to pick him.

Say whaaaaat! How’s that all going to play out?

But first, a quick shout out to the past few days’ new subs from The New Scientist, Daily Mail, World Rugby, Variety, Africa’s News24, CNN, European press agency EPA, search engine DuckDuckGo, global ad group Dentsu, Chinese giant Tencent’s news platform QQ, and Great West Newspapers in Alberta, Canada, among others. Hello there :)

Let’s go…