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    Sen. Warren's plan to break up the big tech companies is good, but too narrow

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Mar 21, 2019 5 minutes

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., put her habit of mincing no words in policy discussions on display two weeks ago when she released a proposal to "break up Amazon, Google and Facebook."

    This was a courageous move on several levels. First, the big tech companies long have been assumed to be natural allies of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, the presidential nomination of which Warren has been seeking. Nevertheless, she brought her plan to the SXSW Conference, an annual high-tech hoedown in Austin, Texas, showing that she wasn't afraid of fielding fastballs from those who might be most directly affected.

    Warren outlined her proposal in terms that customers of the named companies are likely to understand.

    "Today's big tech companies have too much power ? - ? too much

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