Why Washington has turned on Big Tech | Analysis by CNN's zbyronwolf
For an industry that has sold big promises to disrupt old industries, streamlining the economy, bringing people together and making lives easier, the disruption may be coming back full circle.Government regulators have negotiated to split up oversight of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple, with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission moving toward a new probe of Google, according to reporting by CNN's Brian Fung.
Facebook co-founder: 'It's not a personal beef, but it is personal' 04:02The same internet that has made the world smaller and brought people across continents closer together for commerce and communication has brought together extremists bent on terrorism and has spread conspiracy theories and other disinformation that is driving society apart.One person's meme is another's fake news, however.
Mark Zuckerberg calls for updated internet legislation 03:29The Supreme Court is letting iPhone users sue Apple for violating antitrust laws and creating a monopoly with its app store.It's not just consumer companies. The chipmaker Qualcomm was found in May by a federal judge to have violated antitrust law for overcharging phone makers.Falling out of fashionTime was, tech companies were the darlings of the American economy, and therefore of American politics.
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