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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No but they should be regulated
@88DHGDBIndependent2yrs2Y
Yes, if it can be proved they are monopolies and detrimental to American society
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
Rockefeller Oil, Google, and most giant companies come to mind. Monopolies are just an inherently unstable and horrible idea.
@8D2WL464yrs4Y
They need to make sure that their is not a bias in which political side they promote, if they say they are non bias.
@959K74L2yrs2Y
No, but the government should abolish Amazon,Facebook and Google that have been continuing to work against the American people.
@isaacegbert144yrs4Y
Just make them more ethical.
@9C8P5X812mos12MO
Yes, but the government should ban Amazon,Facebook and Google that have been working against the American people.
@97WG3HQ2yrs2Y
They should break up google, but not Amazon or Facebook
Not break up necessarily, but they should be tightly regulated to improve competition and end any monopolies.
No, but they should be tightly regulated
@8SZVV573yrs3Y
Yes, they should be considered monopolies
@8QZVYCR3yrs3Y
Yes, break up all monopolies
@8QRRPTZ3yrs3Y
Yes, if they keep subverting the rights of American citizens.
@ijyliu3yrs3Y
Facebook, but not Amazon or Google
@8GJVWYF4yrs4Y
No, but hold them more accountable for their actions
@9BLHGP41yr1Y
No, but the government should abolish Amazon,Facebook and Google that have been working against the American people.
Yes, due to consistent violations of privacy data laws and manipulation of technology to prevent effective competition
@8TP5BW83yrs3Y
Yes, and anti-trust laws should be more harshly enforced.
If they become too big and restrict competition, then yes.
@986BG741yr1Y
Yes. We should break up monopolies overall.
@9643MLY2yrs2Y
Yes, decentralize the internet
@97ZL7QS1yr1Y
Google should, Amazon and Facebook shouldn't
@9M7HJ5M2wks2W
No, but implement higher restrictions on them to protect consumers' privacy, and increase their tax rates.
@Jones4Potus2024 8mos8MO
No they are private businesses. The government should encourage competition.
@8WZCSP8Constitution3yrs3Y
No, but electioneering should be banned in all platforms
@8TKS6WH3yrs3Y
Yes if they are proven to be monopolies
@willc23233yrs3Y
Yes, as well as Apple and Microsoft
@8RC6MLS3yrs3Y
Yes, if they meet the criteria of a monopoly
@8PSSRDD3yrs3Y
no, as long as other apps exist and are not owned by the companies then it is not a monopoly
@8P8GJQ34yrs4Y
Yes for Amazon, no for Google and Facebook
@8NV5GGJIndependent4yrs4Y
No. That’s unconstitutional
@8MPBS5D4yrs4Y
it doesn't matter to me.
Yes, but only Amazon and Facebook.
The government should nationalize Amazon, Facebook and Google because they are now too big and integral to the economy.
@96Z2MB42yrs2Y
Yes, if they become a monopoly.
@96VQG9J2yrs2Y
No, but they should restrict them
@93BFLNFLibertarian2yrs2Y
No. Let the free market decide
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Make sure they do not monopolize.
@8RQPJXT3yrs3Y
Any monopoly should be broken up
@8NDNZ574yrs4Y
The government should break up all monopolies
@9K59CPP3mos3MO
Yes, and nationalize them, as well as the entire Internet(the Internet industries, Apple, Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T, etc).
@9CJ6CB63mos3MO
I prefer we socialize them, it’s just more of a safe idea than government coercion. Replace the heads and edit its system a bit, and let the workers control it. Maybe a bit of government oversight, it might end up working.
@9GN5KWP7mos7MO
No, but they should be firmly regulated to stifle misinformation on their sites and prevent any monopolies
@9GGJ6R97mos7MO
no, but the government should monitor Apple, Amazon, and Google until the monopolies are proven harmful
@9D3RPBQ10mos10MO
We must break up big corps and Big tech and democratise and collectivise industry and Decentralised the Internet
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