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They'll just play themselves into regulation eventually. Once FTC comes after them the only people to blame for it are themselves.
by p2t2p 6y ago
They'll just play themselves into regulation eventually. Once FTC comes after them the only people to blame for it are themselves.
- fastball 6y agoOptimistic.
- p2t2p 6y agoMay be, but if "split up big tech" becomes a viable path to being elected things may change _suddenly_
- cabalamat 6y agoLast year Elizabeth Warren called for Facebook to be split up. Facebook censored it. So things may change suddenly, but in one of two directions: 1. big tech being split up 2. big tech exercising the control they have over politics, by controlling speech, to prevent being split up The second option would of course be the final end of democracy in America.
- pueblito 6y agoThey are clearly not afraid of regulators anymore
- 650REDHAIR 6y ago"Too big to fail" is a slippery slope and the Citizens United rulings certainly didn't help with accountability.