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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@aaliyahvNew Democratic4yrs4Y
No, but heavily enforce taxation and enforce proper environmental protection.
@8WCV5PP4yrs4Y
I dont think the government should necessarily break the companies up, however, they should regulate these companies and limit the amount of power they have
@8P6PWZP4yrs4Y
No, but the government should regulate those companies so they don't create monopolies, and so their employees are guaranteed decent pay.
@6YXYDP94yrs4Y
They need to be taxed like any other business. If they want to be systematized into governmental features, they need to be separated from profit.
@dandyman4yrs4Y
No, but increase privacy and data regulations
@7KCBJ6J4yrs4Y
While these companies/corporations are becoming corrupt and very powerful, I do not believe that they should be broken up.
@842VWLK3yrs3Y
Google, no. amazon and facebook? yes, because they're getting too big, and facebook/meta are data-collecting douces.
@842VWLK4yrs4Y
Google and Facebook, no. amazon? yes, because they're getting too big.
@8LGFFVP4yrs4Y
No, but they should be monitored.
@8S4VH5F4yrs4Y
Only when they hold monopolies.
@8T92RPY4yrs4Y
Amazon and Facebook should be broken up, but not Google
@8TC35M44yrs4Y
Nationalize Amazon, turn Facebook and Google into worker co-ops.
@8WRR7YQ3yrs3Y
No, but should regulate those businesses more.
@5643HNN4yrs4Y
All monopolies should be broken up with strict laws preventing them from rejoining (see AT&T/Cingular)
@8XVMX2M3yrs3Y
Rather than disband they become collectivized by the state as State Owned Industries
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