Apple CEO Tim Cook called for more government regulation of the technology industry to protect the privacy of users.
In an interview with Time magazine's editor-in-chief Nancy Gibbs during the Time 100 summit, Cook said, "We must all be intellectually honest, and we have to admit that what we do is not working." One of the examples is that the lack of a railway (ie, a clear pathway) causes significant damage to society. "
Cook, who took over Apple in 2011 as Steve Jobs' successor, is one of the most prominent voices in the Silicon Valley, which calls on the government to intervene in its industry to protect user rights and privacy, Time magazine reported.
In the interview, Cook suggested that regulators in the United States look to Europe's 2018 Global Data Protection Directive, which is not ideal but a step in the right direction.
In the light of recent violations of data and foreign influence in elections through social media, Cook believes that the technology industry has no choice but to accept more government oversight, a position he outlined in a recent article in Time magazine.
"We strongly defend the (technical) organization," Cook said in the interview. "I do not see any other way."
He also explained Apple's position of transparency and money in politics. "We focus on politics, not policy," he said.
He also explained the way Apple thinks about the relationship between users and devices manufactured by the company. He said Apple did not want users to stick to the phones in their pockets, which is why the company has developed tools to help them track how much time they spend on their phones.
"Apple has never wanted to increase usage time," Cook said. "We never wanted to. We're not eager to do this from the business point of view, and certainly we are not keen to do that from the point of view of values."