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"And in the process, they have hurt small businesses and stifled innovation. Elizabeth's plan would help ensure tech giants do not crowd out potential competitors, smother the next generation of great tech companies, and wield so much power that they can undermine our democracy." … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Warren’s San Fran Billboard Calls Out Big Tech

"It would be one thing if everybody in Silicon Valley was anti-Trump," he said. "The majority are, but, of course, most people who are Republican, conservative are uncomfortable saying that. That's the real problem. It's the sort of political correctness where you can't speak out." … [Read more...] about Peter Thiel: Conservatives Right to Suspect Big Tech

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And the StarTribune reported he said: "Facebook doesn’t have to care about the privacy and security of their users’ online information because there’s no mass exodus when it violates those rules. They have no real competitors … and that means users have no defense." … [Read more...] about Franken Pushes for More Regulation on Tech Industry

KASHMIR HILL: That's not working anymore. When it happens in that way, it's really visible. I mean, I can't say with certainty that they haven't abused the powers that they have. The one thing I noticed in ... Lina Khan did this kind of blockbuster academic paper, blockbuster by academic standards about how Amazon's already a monopoly. And one of the things she mentioned in it, is that, AWS is probably collecting valuable metadata, and it could be ... Amazon is always entering new industries and it's gathering data that could be helpful to it in entering new industries. And one example of them, actually using that data was that they've invested in three start-ups, that they saw because they were hosting them on AWS that they were doing tons of traffic. … [Read more...] about Why Is This Happening? How to block Big Tech with Kashmir Hill ǀ View