Google and Facebook can’t count on consumers saving them: opinion


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019

Antipathy about giant tech companies may be the single bipartisan issue that can unite people like US President Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic presidential candidate. — AP

The scrutiny of giant technology companies and the inevitable anxiety that follows are now so commonplace that they have become rote. Once terms like "techlash” become household words, it’s easy to become numb.

But truly, Sept 9 was a noteworthy day. The attorneys general of 48 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico announced an antitrust investigation into Google parent company Alphabet Inc. For those in need of a civics lesson, that is nearly every possible top lawyer from a US state. The lone exceptions are those from California and Alabama.

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