“They are geeks who want an algorithm to replace humans.” This is the judgement of Andrew Orlowski about some of those at the top of Google.

Orlowski knows new media giants like Google and Facebook better than most having covered their rise since 2000 as executive editor of independent tech news website The Register. He spent the first six years of his time for the title based in San Francisco.

He said he supports the Press Gazette Duopoly campaign launched to stop Google and Facebook destroying journalism. It highlights the fact that most digital advertising, and nearly all new online advertising, goes to these two US giants and calls for more value to be returned to content creators in the news industry.