To the Point

Is Big Tech on the defensive?

Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon have amassed incomparable power over the US economy, political discourse and social interactions. Now they're being targeted as monopolies, which determine -- intentionally or otherwise — not just what we buy but how we think.

By Warren Olney • Sep 20, 2017 • 1 min read

Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon have amassed incomparable power over the US economy, political discourse and social interactions. Now they're being targeted as monopolies, which determine -- intentionally or otherwise — not just what we buy but how we think. Both the Left and the Right are now talking Regulation, but is Big Tech insulated by its ubiquitous services, popularity with consumers — and its lobbying power?

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Luke Vander Ploeg
Producer, 'To the Point'
Evan George
Director of Content, News
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Brad Stone
author of “Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire”
Jonathan Taplin
USC Annenberg Innovation Lab
Josh Barro
Former host of Left, Right & Center

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To the Point

Is Big Tech on the defensive?

Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon have amassed incomparable power over the US economy, political discourse and social interactions. Now they're being targeted as monopolies, which determine -- intentionally or otherwise — not just what we buy but how we think.

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To the Point

Is Big Tech on the defensive?

Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon have amassed incomparable power over the US economy, political discourse and social interactions. Now they're being targeted as monopolies, which determine -- intentionally or otherwise — not just what we buy but how we think.

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