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The move to break up Facebook is a milestone in the push against Big Tech – Sydney Morning Herald
Regulators and politicians around the world are responding to the dominance and claims of anti-competitive behaviour by the US technology giants.
And here in Australia, despite strong pushback from Google and Facebook, the Morrison government is on the verge of introducing its news media bargaining code, which would force the tech giants to pay local media for use of their content.
In the US, there is bipartisan support for measures to rein in the tech companies, albeit with varying motivations from the two major parties.
There is an international consensus of concern over the dominance of the big platforms and their alleged anti-competitive…
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