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The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech

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Elizabeth Warren (Carlos Giusti/AP)
Elizabeth Warren (Carlos Giusti/AP)

Is Big Tech too big?

Our question follows the plan from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. She says if she's elected president, she'd direct the Department of Justice to break up the so-called "Big Three:" Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

We discuss the legal argument against the companies, and take a look at the antitrust cases from the past.

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Hiawatha Bray, technology writer for the business section of The Boston Globe. He tweets @globetechlab.

Hiba Hafiz, assistant professor at Boston College School of Law. She tweets @hibahafiz.

Michael Strain, director of Economic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He tweets @MichaelRStrain.

This article was originally published on March 19, 2019.

This segment aired on March 19, 2019.

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