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Big Tech regulation seems inevitable. Here’s what the emerging picture might look like.

Big Tech regulation seems inevitable. Here’s what the emerging picture might look like.
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Witnesses Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (top, C), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (top, R), Google CEO Sundar Pichai (bottom, L), and Apple CEO Tim Cook are sworn-in before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on "Online Platforms and Market Power" in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 29, 2020.

Synopsis

There is consensus that any decision by the US Congress to exert control over Silicon Valley will impact the rest of the world. What will the regulation look like? The first of a two-part analysis.

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Guess what’s common to these companies from varied sectors: US Steel; Standard Oil; AT&T; Microsoft. All of them have had the wrath of antitrust regulations thrust upon them. Some withered away, paving the way for other companies taking their throne of dominance. Others, like Microsoft, slowed down, changed course towards a more enterprise-led business and became bigger than it ever was, certainly in terms of revenues. Facebook, Amazon,

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