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the problem with “breaking up big tech” is it only breaks up american companies. it has a long run impact of letting foreign companies take over american market share
China or Russia then? Easy, just ban their services like they do for ours.
> Big tech has routinely suppressed conservative voices and violated consumers’ privacy,” said Rep. Gooden. “We must rein in their destructive behavior and preserve the constitutional rights of all Americans.” First, this whole suppressing conservatives voices thing is just totally unhinged from reality. The few tiny examples of this violate clearly defined platform rules (which pale in comparison to the giant gain o…
the problem with “breaking up big tech” is it only breaks up american companies. it has a long run impact of letting foreign companies take over american market share
I can definitely see how it could benefit foreign competitors, but at the same time the American tech giants are so largely ahead of the competition that it's hard for me to imagine a foreign competitor managing to overtake them. It might level the playing field a little bit, but it's not necessarily a bad thing, even from a US-centric point of view.
> Big tech has routinely suppressed conservative voices and violated consumers’ privacy,” said Rep. Gooden. “We must rein in their destructive behavior and preserve the constitutional rights of all Americans.” First, this whole suppressing conservatives voices thing is just totally unhinged from reality. The few tiny examples of this violate clearly defined platform rules (which pale in comparison to the giant gain o…
I thought you meant banning speech of your political enemies is unhinged from reality until I realised you meant the opposite
Just one of many analyses that have showed how the right in the US has majorly gained from being able to share misinformation and live in filter bubbles by platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The idea that Twitter/FB have political enemies is not supported by how they’ve been used, and is inviting an over-politicization of American life. They’re private businesses… not political affiliates.
the problem with “breaking up big tech” is it only breaks up american companies. it has a long run impact of letting foreign companies take over american market share
Instead of breaking them up though, we should simply be more stringent with anti trust hearings and merger approvals. There have been a few mergers recently that absolutely shouldn’t have been approved.
the problem with “breaking up big tech” is it only breaks up american companies. it has a long run impact of letting foreign companies take over american market share
If the premise is it makes the companies stronger through competition, this isn't a concern, right?
the problem with “breaking up big tech” is it only breaks up american companies. it has a long run impact of letting foreign companies take over american market share
From where? Not Europe, where they don't have any of these companies, and have even more stringent regulations. China or Russia then? Easy, just ban their services like they do for ours.
> Big tech has routinely suppressed conservative voices and violated consumers’ privacy,” said Rep. Gooden. “We must rein in their destructive behavior and preserve the constitutional rights of all Americans.” First, this whole suppressing conservatives voices thing is just totally unhinged from reality. The few tiny examples of this violate clearly defined platform rules (which pale in comparison to the giant gain o…
I thought you meant banning speech of your political enemies is unhinged from reality until I realised you meant the opposite
Odds any of it gets out of committee? It seems a greater priority of this Congress is social reforms and the President and VP also have other priorities that are keeping Congress’ attention
the problem with “breaking up big tech” is it only breaks up american companies. it has a long run impact of letting foreign companies take over american market share