Big Tech's Market Power and Human Rights Implications
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Summary
This article examines how major technology companies (Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple) have accumulated significant market power that affects human rights. The piece argues that these companies control essential internet services that have become as crucial as utilities like water and electricity, and their concentrated power poses threats to human rights. The article references a briefing titled 'Breaking up with Big Tech' that outlines the human rights implications of this market dominance.
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· 4 pulledBig Tech or big technology companies like Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple influence how we access and interact on the internet.
Access to these services is almost as important to our rights and livelihoods as daily utilities such as water and electricity.
Our new briefing, 'Breaking up with Big Tech,' outlines how this concentration of power affects human rights.
They control key sectors such as search, social media, cloud computing, e-commerce and mobile phone production systems.
Our new briefing, ‘Breaking up with Big Tech,’ outlines how big technology companies influence how we access the internet and how their power affects human rights.
