In 2019 the European Union and U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren issued proposals that would regulate Facebook, Google and Amazon. Senator Warren proposed that the U.S. government should designate tech companies who have global revenue of over $25 billion as “platform utilities" and break them up into smaller companies. Senator Warren argues that the companies have “bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field against everyone else.” Lawmakers in the European Union proposed a set of rules which incl…
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No, they should not be broken up but prevented from abusing tax and labour laws like they currently do.
No, but these companies should be required to provide information on citizens of Ireland who have been active on them
If they do not agree to de-monopolize and follow fair labor standards.
@9F6HXMS1yr1Y
Yes, but I would prefer if the government ban Amazon,Facebook and Google that have been working against the people.
Yes, the government should break up Facebook (Meta) and Amazon. However, the government should not break up Google.
@8SN6MZT4yrs4Y
No, but define their roles and tax their revenue from advertising.
@8Q5RDNV4yrs4Y
I would love to see them try
They should be broken up, but Ireland does not have the power to do so
@8DQ9ZDZ4yrs4Y
yes and they should become worker co-ops
@8CWNV9J4yrs4Y
Any business which breaks trust laws should be broken up. All industries should be subject to Trust Laws
@8C5RDBV4yrs4Y
Yes,. Any company allowed to operate within the Republic of Ireland should be told to leave if they are foreign or broken up into their subsidiaries if they are domestic in the case where public trust plummets or where free speech is violated.
@8C5RDBV4yrs4Y
Any company allowed to operate within the Republic of Ireland should be told to leave if they are foreign or broken up into their subsidiaries if they are domestic in the case where public trust plummets or where free speech is violated.
@98HP2R92yrs2Y
Take a tougher stance on their treatment of employees and reduce their malicious practices
@98H9BDR2yrs2Y
No, but they should prevent them from creating a monopoly
@93PS7HL3yrs3Y
How do you suppose we do that? Tax them into the ground but what do you mean by break up?!?
@Ronagig3yrs3Y
Monopolies are never good but limits have to be placed on gov interference too
@937QQ3K3yrs3Y
No, but they should be better and more strictly regulated to ensure quality of work-life and to prevent data collection of private and personal information of citizens using these services
No but ensure Irish employees at Irish office locations are treated fairly and provided living wages and tax-incentivize local startups in the same spaces.
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