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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@B2R667BConservative3mos3MO
No, because those are American multinational countries that we have no control over. We cannot do it even if we wanted to.
@8QYJ7M9Conservative4yrs4Y
Facebook should, but the others are fine
@8QWSXTH4yrs4Y
No, but make sure that corporations comply with the constitution
@8P64B8YConservative4yrs4Y
No but end the censorship of Anything Conservative
@8NJGQXW4yrs4Y
No but they should have more restrictions on how they manage their platforms as media has control on information.
@8M7TL4C4yrs4Y
Hard question & all 3 are entirely different in purpose and nature
@8K222LS4yrs4Y
google and facebook sure but amazon no
@8QZL5HTConservative4yrs4Y
No, but they should get a cut of the profits.
@8NWS92GConservative4yrs4Y
No, But monitor them closely
@8GHTMKHConservative5yrs5Y
Don't have to break them up, however they should be taxed by each country they operate in according to that countries user base.
@8XGCGKHConservative3yrs3Y
Government should not be involved in any social or private businesses..
@8T83KHGConservative4yrs4Y
Yes companies like Amazon and WalMart kill our small businesses and make Canadians spend our money in other countries
@8S7C3N6Conservative4yrs4Y
They shouldn't be broken up, but more heavily regulated.
@8ZCD8RKConservative3yrs3Y
No, but add more oversight
@9SS82X8Conservative8mos8MO
Yes and no, while in my opinion most social media sites provide no worth to an individual and more often spread fake news, hate and discrimination. Their are also companies that provide worth to peoples lives certain companies like amazon and google that have revolutionized humanity and if the government were to intervene in those companies affairs it would cause major backlash not only domestically but also foreign as a majority of countries rely on companies such as amazon and even more rely on information sites such as google.
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