Tim Berners-Lee proposes breaking up tech giants

Tom Allen
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Companies like Facebook and Amazon are too dominant and hold too much power, says the father of the World Wide Web

Tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook may need to be broken up or risk new monopolies and duopolies forming, unless challengers or changing tastes reduce their influence, Tim Berners-Lee has...

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