{"id":52634,"date":"2025-03-03T20:25:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/un-rights-chief-concerned-by-fundamental-shift-in-us-direction-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T20:25:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:55:32","slug":"un-rights-chief-concerned-by-fundamental-shift-in-us-direction-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/un-rights-chief-concerned-by-fundamental-shift-in-us-direction-3\/","title":{"rendered":"UN rights chief concerned by fundamental shift in US direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations high commissioner for human rights expressed significant apprehension on Monday regarding the notable shift in the United States&#8217; direction since Donald Trump&#8217;s return to power, emphasizing concerns about the unchecked power of unelected tech oligarchs. In a statement, the UN rights chief highlighted the growing influence of a small group of tech oligarchs who control people&#8217;s data, without directly naming individuals such as Elon Musk. The commissioner&#8217;s remarks underscored the challenges posed by the concentration of power in the hands of a few individuals in the tech industry. This development raises important questions about data privacy, corporate power, and democratic governance in the digital age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations high commissioner for human rights expressed significant apprehension on Monday regarding the notable shift in the United States&#8217; direction since Donald Trump&#8217;s return to power, emphasizing concerns about the unchecked power of unelected tech oligarchs. In a statement, the UN rights chief highlighted the growing influence of a small group of tech [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/world\/\" rel=\"category tag\">WORLD<\/a>","tag_info":"WORLD","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}