Cybersecurity
Momentum Grows for a Digital Watchdog to Regulate Tech Giants
- Big Tech breakups could take years and may not solve problems
- Agency would police digital markets, privacy, data portability
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With Big Tech accused of everything from decimating industries to abusing privacy, calls are growing for the creation of a federal regulator.
Presidential candidates, consumer advocates and some antitrust enforcers have focused on breaking up Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google -- or at least forcing them to unwind past acquisitions. Yet those moves could take years and face lengthy court challenges.