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Should the government break up Amazon, Facebook and Google?

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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 @9S5QDW5 from California  answered…10mos10MO

Yes if there is no way for them to be properly regulated; No and we should regulate them if that is possible

 @9KYF8QF from California  answered…1yr1Y

No, full lawsuits would be too costly and time consuming; the DOJ should focus on preventing current mergers and aquisitions and encourage companies to sell off some of their subsidiaries.

 @9FL2MMQ from California  answered…2yrs2Y

Depends on what they are breaking up, because each have their own uses and benefits from using them.

 @9DYL83V from California  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, if they get too corrupt

 @8P8GJQ3 from California  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes for Amazon, no for Google and Facebook

 @949TLCR from California  answered…3yrs3Y

No, but regulation should be enforced for these companies and must be taxed higher than others

 @947GGZT from California  answered…3yrs3Y

Facebook not amazon and google

 @92NRBC5 from California  answered…3yrs3Y

collectivise

 @8VFQ6DY from California  answered…4yrs4Y

No strong stance on this

 @8VBRBBL from California  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but restrict them more

 @8T3BCYN from California  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but significantly increase the taxes they have to pay

 @8R5H2GV from California  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but they should not be able to violate the first amendment, even if it means violating their own rules

 @8QGQRVY from California  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but increase regulation that would help out the smaller businesses.

 @8PM9MVNIndependent from California  answered…4yrs4Y

The government should impose limits so that these companies don’t become too powerful and crowd out the market.

 @8PDYR8HAmerican from California  answered…5yrs5Y

no, but they should be checked and regulated on how much they can control the expanding of other potential companies

 @8HNSM7N from California  answered…5yrs5Y

No, if they are providing jobs, help our economy and employees have the rights that they deserve.

 @8CBZSYQ from California  answered…5yrs5Y

No, unless they get to a point where they have a true monopoly.

 @92JCZ6T from California  answered…3yrs3Y

No. The US should handle that issue because Amazon, Facebook, and Google are headquartered in the US.

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