Ocasio-Cortez calls for breaking up big tech companies, citing unchecked power and need for consumer protections
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) argues that large technology companies like Apple seek "totally unchecked power" and should be broken up through antitrust action. In a Fox News interview, she compared big tech firms to governments and called for both breaking up oversized companies and instituting stronger consumer protections. The article also references Apple CEO Tim Cook's recent comments to The Wall Street Journal, though the content is truncated.
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The problem that we have is that these big companies, they think they are governments, they want to be governments.
We need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big, and we also need to be instituting consumer protections for people.
The problem that we have is that these big companies, they think they are governments, they want to be governments.
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