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
@8P64B8YConservative4yrs4Y
No but end the censorship of Anything Conservative
@8NWTXHSLibertarian4yrs4Y
No but they should be subject to extreme penalties for politically biased censorship.
Limit their ability to censor free speech in a democratic society.
@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
Only Google has the problem of running a search and platform, the rest do not.
@8WJGTY33yrs3Y
Yes, breaking up big tech will increase competition and instill a fair market.
@lucasnator43yrs3Y
No but remove any help from the governement
@92RHWYS3yrs3Y
No, but these "platform utilities" should have more regulations
@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.
@MSelvig3yrs3Y
Not yet, but we should make sure they are following all laws and statutes related to their market.
@92XJ38Y3yrs3Y
Yes, but only if the companies are found to be using anti-competitive practices.
@3T38G6Z5yrs5Y
No, but companies over $25 billion in revenue should be forced to pay 10% more in taxes that will serve as a tax credit to small businesses.
@2JKJDDZ4yrs4Y
@6PJZCMJ4yrs4Y
No, but the stop the subsidies that facilitated the rise of these monopolies.
@5GHSCDS4yrs4Y
Regardless, they all must compensate the workforce displaced by automation and allow others to compete in the tech industry
@63ZXW6N3yrs3Y
No, but there should be less restrictions on starting up businesses that could compete with them.
@8DX8BWM4yrs4Y
No, but prohibit any further acquisitions of other companies
@8DX8BWM5yrs5Y
No, but prohibit any further acquisitions of more companies
@8F7WKXJ3yrs3Y
No, but the tech industry should be deregulated
@8H9ZM8H5yrs5Y
Yes, but only Google because attack conservative advocates.
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