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Re:Congress is going to throw the kitchen sink at big tech by heavyset_go on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:20PM (#27481197)
China just fined Alibaba $3 billion for breaking anti-monopoly laws[1]. China also issued new anti-monopoly rules targeting its tech companies[2] in February.

Besides, everyone in the US benefits from increased competition between our domestic companies.

[1] https://www.npr.org/2021/04/10/986112628/china-fines-alibaba...

[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-anti-monop...

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Re:Congress is going to throw the kitchen sink at big tech by bartimus on Saturday June 12, 2021 @02:11AM (#27482025)
I'm speculating:

I think China is okay with big monopolies. Just as long as they control them. This particular anti monopoly fine was part of a larger power struggle with Jack Ma:

https://www.reuters.com/business/chinas-ant-group-become-fin...

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