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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70% No |
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Unique answers from Canada voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@B2L42TM6mos6MO
No, we shouldn’t penalize success. Only if the government can prove monopoly and anti competition violations.
@B45SGLP4mos4MO
Yes, especially the compagnies that lobby our governement officials and actively work to discredit local businesses or that try to penalize union workers and workers rights
@8KGXB7R5yrs5Y
No, just heavily regulate and heavily enforce taxation and environmental protection laws.
@B244VCM7mos7MO
I don't think they should have been allowed to get to the point they are now. Little too late to backpedal. I think we should be focusing on things like Bell and Rogers as opposed to Amazon and Facebook
@B5V2W5N4wks4W
No, but restrictions should be made on how they operate. More govt help should be providedcyo small business that are in competition with these mega corp.
@B4MGPPZ3mos3MO
No. Previous efforts to break up corporations have only resulted in the board members and C-Suite getting more money by becoming the boards of multiple companies instead of one.
@B4M7DZS3mos3MO
Yes, and we should develop domestic alternatives to limit American interference in our political system.
@B4J3D6J3mos3MO
The Canadian government should instead focus on large businesses within its own country instead: Bell, Rogers, Enmax, etc.
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