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so do listen to the end today to learn more. Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Friday, March 8th, 2019.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

Senator Warren proposes breaking up big Tech, AirB&B buys Hotel Tonight,

Why the Big Platforms are taking down vaccine content, and of course the Weekend Long Reed

suggestions.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

As a part of her presidential campaign, Senator Elizabeth Warren today proposed a wide range of tech regulation policy proposals that include breaking up some of the tech giants by rolling back recent acquisitions and mergers at the likes of Amazon,

Google, and Facebook.

Quoting from a medium post titled, Here's how we can break up big tech, the senator wrote quote,

In the 1990s, Microsoft, the tech giant of its time was trying to parlay its dominance in computer

operating systems into dominance in the new area of web browsing.

The federal government sued Microsoft for violating anti-monopoly laws and eventually reached a settlement.

The government's antitrust case against Microsoft helped clear a path for internet companies like

Google and Facebook to emerge. The story demonstrates why promoting competition

is so important. It allows new groundbreaking companies to grow and thrive, which pushes everyone in the marketplace to offer better products and services.

Aren't we all glad that now we have the option of using Google instead of being stuck with Bing?

Weak antitrust enforcement has led... of using Google instead of being stuck with bing?

Weak antitrust enforcement has led to a dramatic reduction in competition and innovation in the

...