“However, ‘breaking it up’ because people on BOTH sides of the political spectrum believe that Facebook blocks their beliefs from being disseminated is silly.”
As someone who hardly uses Facebook, I don’t really have a dog in this hunt. I’m not sure the practical extent of Facebook’s various business services. So I would tend to agree about the idea of breaking it up unless someone can demonstrate how it is achieving a monopoly (or market category dominance) through unfair or deceptive business practices.
Google, on the other hand, does not have narrowly focussed business. I think they could reasonably be broken up into many separate businesses.
To certain extent even Amazon needs to be broken up. They are a retailer and a marketplace. They are a delivery service. They are a web hosting company. They are a video distribution service and video content creator. They are a book distributor but also may arbitrarily block or penalize books based on content or who the author is. Of course, Bezos also owns Washington Post, which is not an Amazon company but certainly should face regulatory scrutiny.
Please don’t touch Amazon! My life is infinitely easier because of Amazon. I have more time because of Amazon and that is important. They just opened an “Amazon Go” store near me. It’s the future of grocery shopping and it’s amazing. It will legitimately change lives for the better.