![Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, says he isn't sure breaking up big tech companies like Facebook and Google would address issues like privacy. "I'm not aware people are saying that [tech companies have] broken laws in such a way that the remedy would be to do that," he tells Here & Now. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)](https://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2019/06/0614_gates-1000x667.jpg)
Bill Gates: 'It Doesn't Seem' That Breaking Up Tech Companies Would Solve Privacy Issues
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