Monopolies stifle innovation, gouge consumers

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A Flourishing Internet Depends on Competition

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We need to eliminate the build up of power around the giants and instead have fertile soil for new growth.

Policymakers have been slow to adapt and have equated what's good for the whole internet with what is good for Big Tech companies.

Instead of a balanced ecosystem, we have a monoculture, we need a balanced, balanced ecosystem.

For example, the experience of googling something has deteriorated.

When a single company controls the tools everyone relies on, an outage cripples the globe.

The personal danger of digital monoculture shows itself when Facebook messages are used in a criminal investigation against a mother and daughter discussing abortion.

The Mississippi Department of Employment Security moved its data management to Amazon in 2021 .

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