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Silicon Valley Becomes Punching Bag for Presidential Hopefuls

Michelle Quinn

   SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. presidential candidates have long come to Silicon
   Valley to raise money and, with a tech company campus as a backdrop,
   talk about innovation and the future.

   But this year, things are different.

   The 2020 presidential candidates are contending with the so-called
   "tech-lash," the populist backlash against "Big Tech" over a host of
   issues, including data leaks, wealth accumulation, alleged erosion of
   worker rights, claims of censorship of conservative voices and concerns
   about the proliferation of extreme speech online.

   Some political hopefuls are part of the tech-lash.

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