Republicans, Democrats, Facebook want to team up to regulate away competition

Republicans, Democrats, Facebook want to team up to regulate away competition

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who is more pro-business than most, asked Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, if he welcomes regulation of his business. "If it's the right regulation, yes," Zuckerberg said. "Would you submit to us some proposed regulations?" Graham asked him. This is how regulatory capture happens.

As Seen On Twitter

This Guardian article has been shared 95,000 times, exposing 'all the data Facebook & Google have on you'.

But it doesn't mention at all that the article itself uses:

- Four sets of Facebook tracking.
- Nine sets of Google tracking.
- Two Google ads, using all that data. pic.twitter.com/V8Jd3zdAJs

— dan barker (@danbarker) March 30, 2018

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The Dangers of Amazon Dominance

The Dangers of Amazon's Dominance - The American Interest

The Dangers of Amazon's Dominance Amazon is on its way to becoming the next Standard Oil, amassing inordinate market power to set the terms by which goods are bought and sold in the United States. Diane Francis is the author of ten books and on the faculty at Singularity University.