In 2019 the European Union and U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren issued proposals that would regulate Facebook, Google and Amazon. Senator Warren proposed that the U.S. government should designate tech companies who have global revenue of over $25 billion as “platform utilities" and break them up into smaller companies. Senator Warren argues that the companies have “bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field against everyone else.” Lawmakers in the European Union proposed a set of rules which incl…
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@9RSZX6L10mos10MO
If possible, yes. However, a substantial amount of money from those companies goes directly into many politicians’ pockets. Therefore, it would be very difficult to do so.
@9KFHQ9NLibertarian1yr1Y
Likely, these groups have grew too large and something needs to be done. However if broken up, those in the companies still could become a leader int the industry
@8FWW3FV5yrs5Y
No, but ensure that they don't monopolize their industries.
@9B2Y4T82yrs2Y
they should change some way the apps or companys work and there rules
The government should break up Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard.
@922GJP93yrs3Y
Yes and no; the government should add some restrictions to them, but shouldn't completely separate them.
@8V8XG5XLibertarian4yrs4Y
They probably should but those companies are too big and now are the government
@8TKLQBJRepublican4yrs4Y
It’s not the governments job to interfere in the private sector.
@8THW7L84yrs4Y
Yes, and make social media formally a public forum.
@8SYFRF54yrs4Y
@8R65SKZ4yrs4Y
No, the consumer should decide which company is best, big corporations like Facebook, Amazon and Google shouldn’t be punished for being successful.
@8QT8QN44yrs4Y
There should be more regulations, but I don't think they should be broken up since they provide so much for th economy.
@8PGZ3924yrs4Y
No, this is incredibly unfair, these companies are successful and will grow and provide even better services, success will come if one has a great idea. I do support strengthening privacy laws however and guaranteeing the right to it, we must pressure companies to strictly obey this law.
@8PFY5TH5yrs5Y
No, but they should stop them from getting any bigger, as breaking them up would only create problems wuth their products.
@8NMQ7VC5yrs5Y
No, but they should put regulations in place to protect our privacy.
@8L88K2L5yrs5Y
No but they should be held to the same standards across all political lines however Amazon is becoming a monopoly.
@8HY4PNXLibertarian5yrs5Y
It may come to that but I dont like the idea
@8HTW3KX5yrs5Y
no they would form new companies such as standard oil, they should regulate them better and put better standards on them to prevent them from censorship and monopolies and do a better job of limiting their power and control over our 1st amendment right of free speech
@8CPN3FF5yrs5Y
The government should not Ben involved in private businesses
@9CJ28DQIndependent2yrs2Y
No, the government should impeach politicians who hold stocks in these companies and abolish any future of politicians holding stocks in companies.
@98MMNP32yrs2Y
No, how else am I supposed to get all that cool stuff I ordered by tomorrow morning? Besides, again, the government shouldn't have that power.
No, but they need to eliminate tax loopholes for those companies.
@8KZPNKK5yrs5Y
No, but they should be mandated to maintain a majority US based shareholder control and have tax loopholes closed
@8HXLH64Republican5yrs5Y
Amazon is fine, Facebook is trying to control what we read so it needs to go, google is getting too invasive in our private lives.
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