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The big question is how you'd even split up a company like Amazon. The Economist published a quality piece a little while back on how antitrust rules need to c
by SirensOfTitan 9y ago
The big question is how you'd even split up a company like Amazon. The Economist published a quality piece a little while back on how antitrust rules need to change for the data economy: https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21721656-data-economy-demands-new-approach-antitrust-rules-worlds-most-valuable-resource https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21721656-data-economy...
On another note:
> They are implicated in complaints that Facebook has aided the rise of “fake news” while draining readers and revenue from legitimate news media.
This feels tired as if Facebook and Google were using anticompetitive practices to drain "legitimate news media" from revenue. Traditional media outlets aren't victims: they still refuse to look at alternative models of distribution, and have no one to blame but themselves.