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Re:Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency ... by sheepmullet on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:24PM (#17016966)
So it sounds like a reasonable middle ground is to ban companies who are attacking fundamental American freedoms from getting any government contracts.

E.g. A ban on google cloud from any government tenders.

It's also reasonable to start enforcing our monopoly laws.

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Re:Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency ... by s2g on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:37PM (#17017045)
> It's also reasonable to start enforcing our monopoly laws.

oh but they aren't "hurting consumers.

Google learned from Microsoft. They pay their bribes.

and you don't have a right to put up videos on youtube.

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Re:Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency ... by sheepmullet on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:47PM (#17017104)
> oh but they aren't "hurting consumers.

Of course they are. And I bet a lot of judges would rule against them under our existing laws.

Even just what we could find in discovery would almost surely provide enough information to get the EU with its stronger monopoly laws to make a case.

> and you don't have a right to put up videos on youtube.

Of course - but we can ensure YouTube is broken off from Google and has to compete in the free market.

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