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"Today's big tech companies have [too much power over] our economy, our society, and our democracy," wrote Warren in a blog post. "They've bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field against everyone else. And in the process, they have hurt small businesses and stifled innovation."
Warren said that big tech companies use mergers to swallow competition and sell products on their own e-commerce platforms, which hurt smaller businesses' opportunities to succeed. Weak antitrust enforcement also resulted in "a dramatic reduction" in competition and innovation in the tech industry, according to Warren's blog post.
With conservative voices decrying Big Tech censorship, internet activists decrying privacy violations, and now Senator Warren calling for outright dismemberment, Big Tech might be in for a rocky stretch of road.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:06AM (1 child)
When you can simplify an issue to the point that you have a "one and only problem", you probably don't understand the issue.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:32AM
Yes, I do. The ISP is it. They have all the power. Google and Facebook have none. Service is the only issue. Content is trivially dealt with, on a level playing field. Symmetry is right and proper. Don't let the ISP turn the internet into one way TV. That is what Google/Facebook need to grow as big as they do. Breaking them up is beyond stupid, it's malicious. This isn't Standard Oil or a railroad monopoly. The ISP is. They are the railroad that rations access. Gotta do the common carrier thing.