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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@8GS3XDT4yrs4Y
No but they should be regulated
Not break up necessarily, but they should be tightly regulated to improve competition and end any monopolies.
@88DHGDBIndependent3yrs3Y
Yes, if it can be proved they are monopolies and detrimental to American society
@9CJ6CB611mos11MO
Rockefeller Oil, Google, and most giant companies come to mind. Monopolies are just an inherently unstable and horrible idea.
No, but they should be tightly regulated
@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.
@9NG26QW6mos6MO
Yes, but the government should ban Amazon,Facebook and Google which have been working against the people.
@9SR4CRV3mos3MO
Yes, but I would prefer the government ban Amazon,Facebook and Google have been working against the American people for years.
@8TP5BW83yrs3Y
Yes, and anti-trust laws should be more harshly enforced.
@97WG3HQ2yrs2Y
They should break up google, but not Amazon or Facebook
@8SZVV574yrs4Y
Yes, they should be considered monopolies
@8QRRPTZ4yrs4Y
Yes, if they keep subverting the rights of American citizens.
@986BG742yrs2Y
Yes. We should break up monopolies overall.
@isaacegbert144yrs4Y
Just make them more ethical.
Yes, Amazon and less so but still yes Instagram (part of Facebook / Meta) and Google
Yes, they are monopolies. We should also force a sale of Twitter, as Elon Musk has turned it into a Russian disinformation platform.
@9T6MJJD3mos3MO
Yes, but I would prefer to ban Amazon,Facebook and Google which have been working against the American people.
@9S2PDWW4mos4MO
These companies should not be broken up, but they should be put on a more progressive tax rate. A company is allowed to do what it pleases in order to make money, as long as it is legal. But when corporations Become proficient at too many things and a distributor of too many services, this can hurt local business. Therefore, for every single new industry and service, these companies provide, they should be taxed At a higher rate.
@9MTZNC47mos7MO
Not break up necessarily, but they should be far more tightly regulated under anti-monopoly laws to prevent the stifling of competition and accountability
@9GN5KWP1yr1Y
No, but they should be firmly regulated to stifle misinformation on their sites and prevent any monopolies
@9M7HJ5M7mos7MO
No, but implement higher restrictions on them to protect consumers' privacy, and increase their tax rates.
The government should nationalize Amazon, Facebook and Google because they are now too big and integral to the economy.
@9GGJ6R91yr1Y
no, but the government should monitor Apple, Amazon, and Google until the monopolies are proven harmful
@Jones4Potus2024 1yr1Y
No they are private businesses. The government should encourage competition.
@9F8XRDS 1yr1Y
Amazon needs to be broken up, but Facebook and Google are fine.
@RightistChamois1yr1Y
Why just Amazon? IS their monopoly worse?
@9D3RPBQ1yr1Y
We must break up big corps and Big tech and democratise and collectivise industry and Decentralised the Internet
@9DVY6Y31yr1Y
No, but pass laws requiring them to allow free speech.
@9DRRZJZ1yr1Y
Isn't it a double standard that Taco Bell can be sued for some petty squabble over Taco Tuesday, that businesses have to pay 15 bucks an hour, and thaat McDonalds got in trouble because some idiot spilled coffee on his pants, and yet the government does nothing when businesses censor voices that dare disagree from them? Hmm, wonder why THAT is? Maybe it's just me, or the government and those big tech businesses are colluding to silence libertarians constitutionalists and conservatives to maintain their bulldog grip on political power.
Yes, but only Amazon and Facebook.
@BuffaloChips62 1yr1Y
No, but tightly regulate further acquisitions on an Anti-Trust basis
@9DHR2K61yr1Y
Break up Facebook and Google, but not Amazon.
@9D4ZPFY1yr1Y
Yes, but I would prefer to ban Amazon,Facebook and Google that have been working against the American people.
@9K59CPP10mos10MO
Yes, and nationalize them, as well as the entire Internet(the Internet industries, Apple, Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T, etc).
@9CJ6CB610mos10MO
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.
If they become too big and restrict competition, then yes.
@9643MLY2yrs2Y
Yes, decentralize the internet
Yes, due to consistent violations of privacy data laws and manipulation of technology to prevent effective competition
@97ZL7QS2yrs2Y
Google should, Amazon and Facebook shouldn't
@9C8P5X82yrs2Y
Yes, but the government should ban Amazon,Facebook and Google that have been working against the American people.
@95ZTQJQ2yrs2Y
No, but the government should abolish Amazon,Facebook and Google that is continuing to work against the American people.
No but should be regulated
@99MFTPG2Y
No, consolidate and nationalize them instead
@973HS982yrs2Y
@9579QXD2yrs2Y
Yes, but only after finding new environmentally and economically stable alternatives
Yes, and nationalize Amazon, Facebook and Google.
@8TKS6WH3yrs3Y
Yes if they are proven to be monopolies
Deleted4yrs4Y
Make sure they do not monopolize.
@8FY4KX44yrs4Y
No, but instead enforce anti-monopoly laws to prevent future acquisitions and promote economic diversity and competition in the free market.
@8FVS7MB4yrs4Y
The government made amazon facebook and google as big as they are by buying and using their data and tools they won't
@9D2WTGK1yr1Y
Yes, but it would be best to ban Amazon,Facebook and Google that have been working against the American people.
Break up their power and influence, but still keep them running.
@8ZNQBVG3yrs3Y
No, but we need to get rid of the Too Big To Fail support from the government towards any corporation.
@8LDMWH74yrs4Y
Yes for Facebook and Google; No for Amazon
@8GJ5JRHIndependent4yrs4Y
No. But they should not be allowed to attempt to control and manipulate people.
@9BLHGP42yrs2Y
No, but the government should abolish Amazon,Facebook and Google that have been working against the American people.
@8QZVYCR4yrs4Y
Yes, break up all monopolies
@ijyliu4yrs4Y
Facebook, but not Amazon or Google
@8GJVWYF4yrs4Y
No, but hold them more accountable for their actions
@98PWCPN2yrs2Y
Yes, but we should only break up Amazon and Facebook
@8TYH38SIndependent2yrs2Y
No, unless they gain more than 25% of market share
@8R4S2544yrs4Y
Yes, and make sure they pay their taxes.
@9WSTPZB2mos2MO
No, amazon helps our economy, alongside facebook featuring their "marketplace", and google is a wide-spread app, website that allows us to connect to the internet and has been around and useful, all these things the government is talking about breaking up, they do not know how much it would have an impact on our economy if it was removed.
@9FV9YG71yr1Y
No, but do more about their monopolization and how they use user's data and limit their power they have. They're a service, and they're doing too much that isn't serving.
@9F45W3T1yr1Y
No. Just regulate them heavily.
@9F3Y7HH1yr1Y
make law that where they cant sell you information and sell it to other companys
The government should impose more regulations on these and other companies to ensure that monopolies are not formed.
@9F35KBP1yr1Y
only amazon as it has become a monopoly
@9DKZ2FS1yr1Y
No, they should only be broken up if they are proven to be a detriment to the market
@9DGB99H1yr1Y
Yes, as long as it's done in a way that doesn't weaken America's industrial base and innovation.
@9D8QQ9B 1yr1Y
No, but stop providing local, state, and national subsidies, incentives, or relief to corporations
@9D84DNWIndependent1yr1Y
follow basic rules of business and monopoly.
@9D823CRRepublican1yr1Y
No. Government is only allowed to break up companies that constitute a monopoly.
@9D769PB1yr1Y
No but it should put more restrictions on monopolies and how much they can donate to the government.
@ThespiritusGreen 1yr1Y
Yes, but limited by current anti monopoly laws
@TonyForCA 1yr1Y
Yes, as long as they are found to be a monopoly
no, but do more for a better distribution of wages
@9D5F4FT1yr1Y
Yes and include Disney too
@9D5CHFN1yr1Y
They should not be able to keep information from the America people!
Complete destruction is impossible. However these companies are best viewed as over-mighty feudal barons who require forceful instruction on the terms of their existence, that is to say at the pleasure of the United States government. To this end, a forthright strategic campaign to considerably tulip their wings is necessary by fair means or foul.
@9D4PRPY1yr1Y
Yes, because all three businesses have acted against the Constitution, and any American company should be held to that standard.
@9D4FP8K1yr1Y
No, instead the government should collectivize these companies
@98886S42yrs2Y
There is a lot that needs to be done to promote completion with these business, but break up doesn't work for all 3 of those. Facebook is a website and it could not realistically be broken up. Amazon being a store can not be broken up. Google on the other hand has clear divisions that could be broken up. There is no need for youtube to be involved with phone creation for example. We need to address them with the laws that already exist and promote a free market.
@9C2Z96M2yrs2Y
Yes, as they're in violation in monopoly-related law.
@96QLCQW2yrs2Y
Only if they are a monopoly
@8WRNZCV3yrs3Y
Yes, and nationalise them
@8VXM7LB3yrs3Y
No, but they should regulate them more
@8T3GJSF4yrs4Y
Yes, but nationalize them.
@8RZFGTNIndependent4yrs4Y
No, but they should heavily regulate them
@8PG98ZC4yrs4Y
No, they should be nationalized instead.
@5RY8R2H4yrs4Y
No, but it should inquire about their use of user data and adjust related legislation to reflect the commodity that is our personal data, and supply users with ways to clearly recognize the level of data exposure, and alternatives to providing their personal data as payment for the service.
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