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Warren, Graham partner in proposing new agency to regulate tech giants
The Hill ^ | 07/27/2023 | REBECCA KLAR

Posted on 07/27/2023 8:41:57 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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To: wildcard_redneck

“Use the laws on the books to end the big tech monopoly by breaking them up.”

Giving web publishers two choices instead of one Google revenue hog would help keep web publishing profitable.


21 posted on 07/27/2023 9:15:33 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (“Miserably inadequate” people generally vote Democratic.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

IDIOTS!!!

So that you have MORE government and big tech colluding?

That’s all that will happen. This new government agency will still be under the executive branch, it will still get a budget approved by the House... The point being that all the political influences will be the same and nothing will change except that you have thousands more collecting a government paycheck, telling us how important they are, and why they need even more money next year.

Want to fix this, break them up. These are monopolies. The laws are already in the books.

But like everything else where the laws are already in the books but government is impotent, it’s that you have outside forces bearing down on the political and bureaucratic processes.

But that won’t happen because MOST of Congress is getting money from big tech or wants to o be on their good side, in one way or another.

In a world where a mere $10,000-$20,000 can already get a Congressman’s attention in what you want, what do you think sort of influence someone has that blows over $400 million by himself in one election? https://www.protocol.com/policy/zuck-bucks-election

No bigger government - just break them up.


22 posted on 07/27/2023 9:17:01 AM PDT by Red6
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To: ChicagoConservative27

we need to eliminate about 500 superfluous, useless, harmful, anti-Constitutional, and wasteful agencies first


23 posted on 07/27/2023 9:18:31 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: wildcard_redneck

Amazon might be broken up by the last digit of the zip code of where its warehouses are.

Odd numbered zip code warehouses might go to Amazon1.

Even numbered zip code warehouses might go to Amazon2.


24 posted on 07/27/2023 9:20:28 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (“Miserably inadequate” people generally vote Democratic.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That about sums it up for me too.


25 posted on 07/27/2023 9:21:03 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Meta might be broken up along red state/blue state lines.

New York-based users would go to MetaBlue.

Florida-based users would go to MetaRed.

Shareholders would get a shares of each.


26 posted on 07/27/2023 9:23:23 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (“Miserably inadequate” people generally vote Democratic.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So… you’re thinking that bringing in the deep state to rule them will lead to less tyrannical activity?


27 posted on 07/27/2023 9:24:45 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Shades of Atlas Shrugged.


28 posted on 07/27/2023 9:28:26 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System


29 posted on 07/27/2023 9:29:54 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (“Miserably inadequate” people generally vote Democratic.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Break up fedzilla.

Blue States.

Red States.

The national debt to be handled by agreed upon fossil fuel, corporate and share taxation.


30 posted on 07/27/2023 9:33:37 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (“Miserably inadequate” people generally vote Democratic.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

If Warren’s involved, it’s because she thinks the tech giants aren’t censoring conservatives enough!


31 posted on 07/27/2023 9:35:41 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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To: Brian Griffin

No agreement. We keep the oil.

If this were to actually happen, I suspect it would not be 50% split. More like 75(red)/25(blue). No sane person would want to live under the lying #ComDems.

And we would keep our private property and our weapons.


32 posted on 07/27/2023 9:44:06 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This has to do with only one thing: Censorship of our voices.


33 posted on 07/27/2023 9:45:37 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Question? What is the actual cost of operating DC?

If it was public, there would be a revolt.


34 posted on 07/27/2023 9:46:07 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Look FReepers. Just because Warren and Graham are pushing this doesn’t automatically mean it must be trashed.

No, that's exactly what it means.

35 posted on 07/27/2023 9:47:16 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

After 911 we were told the government could no longer do its job protecting us UNLESS we created the Homeland Security agency. That was a lie.

What does the administrative state love more than itself? It loves politicians who add to the reach of its powers.


36 posted on 07/27/2023 10:25:44 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In this way Graham shows some of his true not very conservative colors.


37 posted on 07/27/2023 10:26:26 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Fake Indian and the Fake Conservative.
We could call it “Tech Security Advisor”
TSA for short....then mandate it unionize....then start stalking anyone working in high tech.

Oh that is going to go well.


38 posted on 07/27/2023 10:30:43 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Could have read:
Two ranking Democrats...


39 posted on 07/27/2023 11:22:28 AM PDT by Fireone (Trump won.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lindsey teaming up with Warren. What could go wrong?


40 posted on 07/27/2023 12:10:36 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( What did Obama know, and when did he know it? Did Obama know Biden was taking bribes?)
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