Ocasio-Cortez reiterates call to break up big tech companies over antitrust concerns
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Brendan Rascius
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) renewed her call to break up major technology companies like Apple, arguing in a Fox News interview that these firms wield unchecked power and behave like governments. She advocates for aggressive antitrust enforcement to protect consumers and competition. The article reports on her statements and the broader context of growing scrutiny of big tech's market dominance.
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bskyOcasio-Cortez reiterates call to break up big tech companies over antitrust concernsindependent.co.ukKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe problem that we have is that these big companies, they think they are governments; they want to be governments.
They want to have totally unchecked power.
And I believe that we need to pursue antitrust. We need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big.
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