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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@B3NFMTP3mos3MO
Yes as soon enough it would become a monopoly, having those 3 businesses be able to run all of the large companies and influence them as well.
No, the government should incentivize small businesses to disrupt Amazon, Facebook, and Google to determine them from growing too big
@9TXKNQ7Independent8mos8MO
Increase transparency, incentivize more startups with tax breaks, crack down on big tech monopolistic practices.
@9MDYNC21yr1Y
Those tech companies should be owned by the people, the state, and a big sovereign wealth fund similar to that of Norway’s
@93V95BX3yrs3Y
At least aspects of them, yes
No, but pass policies that'll regulate them.
@9239D4W3yrs3Y
No, but there should be more regulations on large multi-national corporations
@8ZMCX5K3yrs3Y
No because then they would have the power to effect many different businesses.
No but employees should be encouraged/allowed to form unions
@8C539RJ5yrs5Y
No, the regulation of power and influence the company has is necessary
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