Elizabeth Warren Calls To Break Up Facebook, Google, and Amazon

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is proposing to break up technology companies, including Amazon.com, Google and Facebook, calling them anti-competitive behemoths that are crowding out competition. From a report: "Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn't exist. Now they are among the most valuable and well-known companies in the world," Warren wrote in a post on the blogging platform Medium. "It's a great story -- but also one that highlights why the government must break up monopolies and promote competitive markets." Warren's call also comes as Democrats have begun to plan for increased oversight of tech companies after winning control of the House in the 2018 midterm elections. On Wednesday, House and Senate Democrats introduced legislation to establish strong net neutrality protections that would look to prevent major service providers from using their power to manipulate how users experience the internet. Update: In a statement, Warren's team said that the proposal would also apply to Apple. "They would have to structurally separate -- choosing between, for example, running the App Store or offering their own apps," a spokesperson said.

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Re:No Plan, just Populism

[DogDude]

Jesus, you just are really swallowing ALL of the Fox News garbage, aren't you? Just about everything you said is 100% wrong, but I don't have the time or interest to debunk all of your points. They've all been debunked in other places much better than I could ever do. It's just shocking to see one person who buys into what appears to be 100% of the Fox News bullshit. I'm surprised that you didn't say that all of the country's problems are Obama's fault (or did you just forget that before you hit "submit"?)