When it Comes to Facebook, the Need for Action Has Been Obvious for a Long Time
Posted on AllSides December 10th, 2020
From The Left
OPINION
It’s about time, even if it’s been a very long 22 years.
It was 1998 when Microsoft finally landed in the cross hairs of the federal government, when the Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general alleged in an antitrust lawsuit that the software giant had abused its market power to crush competition. It was the last time the government took meaningful action against the unfettered rise of a tech behemoth.
The Big Tech companies that have sprouted up since the Microsoft case have been treated by government as if...
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