BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union called Tuesday on U.S. President Joe Biden to help draw up a common rule book to rein in the power of big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter and combat the spread of fake news that is eating away at Western democracies. In a […]
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The prosecutors in the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint called on the court to consider a breakup of Facebook’s empire by forcing it to divest from its acquisitions Instagram and WhatsApp. It also wants significant limitations on Facebook’s ability to buy up other smaller companies in the future. (My colleague Tony […]