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Thinking about the largest technology companies like Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google, with which do you most agree?

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Matt Hines
Matt Hines
4 years ago

There should’ve been another option in the choices. Congress is protecting the social media conglomerates with the Communications Act. Facebook, Twitter et al. are protected from liability as an ‘open platform’. However, they are not an open platform and violate those terms repeatedly by censoring views they disagree with. Also, they are violating the Sherman Anti-trust Act and Clayborn Acts. It is not a matter of government interference it is a matter of limiting their liability so they can not libel and censor conservatives.

Yankee
Yankee
4 years ago

The big tech have already proven themselves to be Marxist so how much more watching should the government do? Get rid of them once and for all!!!!

don draper
don draper
4 years ago

None!

Patrick
Patrick
4 years ago

Having the federal government keep an eye on anything is a very stupid idea. They can’t even run the post office let-alone what over some big tech companies!

dennis
dennis
4 years ago

the government should treat amazon, google and all the rest as cartels and limit their power like it did years ago to the railroads, meat packing like armour, swift and others.

B. Kelly
B. Kelly
4 years ago

Corporations run America and they are ruining America. The politicians are nothing but big corporation’s puppets in Washington. Do we really think a puppet is going to go contrary to the puppeteer?
Down with the bourgeoisie! Down with the bourgeoisie!

Tom
Tom
4 years ago

Ma Bell was a mess!

Sandy
Sandy
4 years ago

I believe the organizations should have to file as Political Action Committees, as their behavior indicates they have become so!

Michael C
Michael C
4 years ago

Everyone should watch the film “The Creepy Line” to understand how powerful the bias of these social media giants is in swaying an election. Unfortunately, none of your three choices in this poll will do a thing to curtail that influence. Breaking them into smaller chucks just means multiplying the choices for propaganda. Congress needs to act to make it illegal to sway opinion by skewing search engines toward one opinion only, or other activity that is hidden to the victims of such tactics. At a minimum, congress should force admission of bias up front. Not sure what all can be done – but we’ve been losing this battle long before Google, Amazon, and Facebook showed up. Read your children’s ‘socialist-studies’ or civics books for example. (Make it easy – start with 3rd and 4th grade – any publisher – you can’t miss it.) Radical leftist ideology has take over all major sources of information – not just the Fake News media giants.

Doug Eaton
Doug Eaton
4 years ago

Apple has significant competition in the marketplace I.e Samsung, Microsoft etc
Amazon also has competition, Etsy, EBay, Overstoc, CraigsList etc.k. I am not as sure that their competition is as significant.
Google basically controls its marketplace and should be exposed to monopoly like restrictions.

Jeff
Jeff
4 years ago

If social media companies take actions on a political basis, they should be held accountable to equal time rules. If you suspend a post from one side, they should remove a post from the opposite side.

Sylvia Wilkins
Sylvia Wilkins
4 years ago

I remember when ma bell was forced to break up because was too big and cable companies now companies can have monopolies and no one is concerned The tech companies brag that they can influence voting and they already influencee what is purchased and politics . and they do not monitor themselves

Dr. Scott
Dr. Scott
4 years ago

I remember when President Reagan said that the scariest words any American can hear is,
“I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
That said, I don’t know the answer to this poll. I don’t have nearly enough information and facts about this topic to truly know what if anything is needed. I voted Not Sure.

Rob J
Rob J
4 years ago

When these companies ‘ Offshore ‘ their jobs, especially to countries who are often hostile to the USA, then YES, break-them-up.

RickE
RickE
4 years ago

IMHO, the US government should not regulate such businesses but should be active in monitoring their operation where it might be advancing a corporate agenda rather than serving their customers best interests. This must include investigating private party complaints. When unethical operations are verified, significant penalties must be extracted. i.e. Google search results for popular conservative items frequently list the key results on page 6 or higher of the search results, while non-political search engines show these key results on the 1st page. At this point Google should be required to comply with Fair Political Practices and report as a political entity.

Greg
Greg
4 years ago

I’m sick of these companies screwing over conservatives free speech. They are a far greater threat to our republic than foreign interference in our elections.

ShagNan
ShagNan
4 years ago

Ordinarily I am against government involvement HOWEVER each of the referenced social media forums are ACTIVELY suppressing Conservative free speech ( I have personally experienced with two of them). We need both to stop supporting them and the government needs to put some teeth into an action plan to stop this suppression

Bill
Bill
4 years ago

The question should be what laws should be passed and who will be accountable when big tech companies create algorithms that are designed to influence voter outcomes. Try typing Obama scandals in google, no drop down selection appears. Then type trump sca, trump scandal appears in drop down selection. When I do the same for Biden 2 wiki page drop downs appear even tho there are numerous articles written about Biden’s dealings in Ukraine. By action the Obama administration is one of the most corrupt in my life time but you wouldn’t know it by Google, the most use search tool in the world.

William Chesson
William Chesson
4 years ago

Congress should take away their immunity from lawsuits, and declare them as the editorial entities they have become. This would solve the problem of stifling conservator free speech. Example: Nick Sandman, from Covenant high school. I could go on.

Greg shears
Greg shears
4 years ago

Social media sites like Facebook and companies like amazon are destroying our way of life. More and more people are sitting on their fat rears and spreading hate and lies on Facebook while amazon is destroying our brick and mortar stores. It’s the self centered me generation that’s helping these companies succeed. More and more people doesn’t know how to interact face to face with people or function in public. I call them keyboard warriors, they hide behind their keyboards and say things that they wouldn’t dare say to your face. I say bust them up. (TRUMP WINS IN A LANDSLIDE 2020)

Stan d. Upnow
Stan d. Upnow
4 years ago

FB and Twitter are both based in Commiefornia. FB owns Instagram, also. Need I say more?

Stan d. Upnow
Stan d. Upnow
4 years ago

What Should be done by the govt. is enforcement of the 1st A. to fight against their censorship of Conservative voices.

j r s
j r s
4 years ago

Keep and eye on them for bad behavior? Their behavior is already bad.

Geno L
Geno L
4 years ago

It was recently reported Google has removed several hundred YouTube videos of various conservative documentaries over this past summer that many experts say can eventually sway the vote of approximately 6 million independent & democrat votes. No liberal or democrat videos were deleted. This is just Google! The DOJ needs to wake up and start probing. Ukraine or Russian tampering has nothing in comparison to Google.

Dorothy
Dorothy
4 years ago

Charles Sayles and Carla make solid points. The political pay-to-play bribery action that these big tech companies use to keep doing censorship and “news-making” on their own is a separate issue, however: it must be addressed in the courts and at the ballot box and then, hopefully, in the prison system. There are federal anti-trust laws in place to prevent any one or two huge concerns to corner the market on any good or service, such that they wield unrestrained power over its availability. The choke hold of a few big U.S. tech companies (mostly working in concert) on the control points of communication in this nation–and the world–is a PERFECT anti-trust action for the federal government. (It doesn’t get to run the company(ies) but to cause them to break up into smaller, less influential pieces–as happened with AT & T–to allow the marketplace to introduce competition.) It’s well past time for an anti-trust action.
————07 December 2019 Saturday

Michael
Michael
4 years ago

Who decides what “other bad behavior” is bad for who.

John/Teralynn
John/Teralynn
4 years ago

These big tech and social media giants are stifling free speech. With their “algorithms” making the decisions as to what gets removed or posted they have become just like government censors. It may take (God forgive me) government intervention just to level the playing field so that all people have their say. In a truly free country, you get to make your point even if you are the only one in the entire country that has that point of view. That is the kind of country I spent 23 years of my life defending in our armed forces.

Ronald Parks
Ronald Parks
4 years ago

Big tech has the ability to sway an election by doing things like sending out reminders to only one party’s voters to vote. This can cause millions of votes to be cast for that party and no one will know it even happened. I am generally against government interference in business but that kind of ability causes unmerited gains for any party or any candidate is extremely dangerous! While these companies are not, themselves, government agencies… they have unprecedented ability to affect public elections. I don’t know whether breaking them up with antitrust action would be the better path or just the passage of laws the keep their actions in the light of day. No organization that can have a major effect on elections should be allowed to operate in the shadows.

Magpie
Magpie
4 years ago

Very reluctantly gave a vote to feds breaking up big tech Thinking of anti trust laws and monopolistic practices as bad. However I have little faith that fed a will do the right thing. Best for all of US to vote conservative and regain control of House, increase conservatives in Senate. Also important, don’t forget to pray!

Doug
Doug
4 years ago

These are clearly monopolies and should be dealt with accordingly and soon .

Rod
Rod
4 years ago

I use Bing for my search engine

Robert
Robert
4 years ago

The Social Media Monopolies are protected by the federal government from most lawsuits as they are registered as open platforms. They are no longer operating as open platforms, but as publishers and the feds should end their special protection from law suits. The feds should regulate these monopolies as public utilites are regulated. Google’s bias in favor of Hillary and the Demonrats alone may have given the Hildabeast 10 million votes in the 2016 election.

Jeff S
Jeff S
4 years ago

The Federal Government cannot even regulate itself. Why take on big business?

Jeff S
Jeff S
4 years ago

The Federal Government can’t even monitor itself.

Gordo
Gordo
4 years ago

The choices given are horrible. How about “should the government regulate these companies so free speech is guaranteed” .

Delbert E Robinson
Delbert E Robinson
4 years ago

Unfortunately right now, Having the feds regulate these companies is like hiring the fox to guard the chickens…

Gordon
Gordon
4 years ago

I think the law should recognize that I own my personal data. Use by ANYONE else requires my express permission. They take my data because it is going to make their marketing better. They think that is what I want…but I have never said that. Big Brother is here!!!

Cyndi
Cyndi
4 years ago

The government shouldn’t be involved they control too much already. What we need is a conservative version of you tube and google where the people are fair .

Jim
Jim
4 years ago

The government broke up “ Ma Bell “, look what happened. Monopolies are not good. Look How many offshoots sprang up after the breakup. Some survived and some didn’t.

John
John
4 years ago

They are too big now,,, conspiracy theorists already claiming google and you tube using their influence in American politics

Randy Geiger
Randy Geiger
4 years ago

These companies have displayed a definite bias towards just about anything conservative. Shutting down communications that are opposite of others views sets a precedent We definitely need to be concerned about. Just look at all communist and socialist revolutions and upheavals throughout history, opposing ideas are banned and the people afraid and eventually persecuted. We need to be wary. Pandora’s box has been opened.

JGB
JGB
4 years ago

A true Conservative does not endorse Government involvement. Even when it doesn’t suit us!!

Phil Brown
Phil Brown
4 years ago

These are private companies. No one, including the government, should have a right to tell them what they will and will note censor. If you don’t agree with them then don’t use their products.Too many people want the government and the courts to tell these companies what they can and cannot do or say. That’s socialism, plain and simple. I do not except for Twitter and I am considering dropping them.

horsewoman6
horsewoman6
4 years ago

I don’t like that these companies are pushing their liberal beliefs on the American people. These companies should run their companies and stop forcing their liberal agenda. It should be illegal that these companies are pushing their political agenda on the American people. They need to keep their political beliefs out of the way they run their business. I for one refuse to do business with any company that is against our county.

TKM
TKM
4 years ago

The size of the company isn’t so much the issue as is whether the company is violating the law or not. These tech companies should be held to the same standards as any other telecommunications company.

Tammy
Tammy
4 years ago

The problem isn’t the tech companies. It’s us, the consumers. Think about that description. We CONSUME. Just don’t use them. There are other, smaller companies out there who would love your business. And yes, I do partake Lately thinking about checking into Spreely ( Speak Freely ) in lieu of FaceBook.

Sudden
Sudden
4 years ago

This is a tough one. Problem is our schools are not teaching history any more, so we are condemned to repeat it. I drove a taxi in DC to finance my college, and mentioned when asked that I was from Rhodesia – the island just south of Australia; very few riders challenged that! Socialism and other failed ideas live on because of this. Why else would so many young folks today prefer it? Google, Facebook, etc apparently all contribute by editing out Conservatives.

James
James
4 years ago

These big companies should stay out of church and state and and stick to what they know best tech only

Gianni
Gianni
4 years ago

If these companies cannot be impartial, then they should be regulated or censured like any other entity that discriminates, especially when they selectively obstruct freedom of speech. Their platforms have become the modern version of newspapers and sources of information and as such the “owners” cannot block content based on political or other bias.

Sherry Dowd
Sherry Dowd
4 years ago

What Twitter and Facebook are currently doing is comparable to the phone company cutting off your service because they didn’t like a conversation that you had.

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