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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76% No |
24% Yes |
76% No |
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Unique answers from Ireland users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@9HSJR3P4mos4MO
No, but these companies should be required to provide information on citizens of Ireland who have been active on them
@937QQ3K2yrs2Y
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
@beauchurley2yrs2Y
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.
@8SN6MZT3yrs3Y
No, but define their roles and tax their revenue from advertising.
@8Q5RDNV3yrs3Y
I would love to see them try
@8GGK7CF4yrs4Y
They should be broken up, but Ireland does not have the power to do so
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