Why Europe needs a digital regulator
by Frank Pasquale from Technology | The Guardian on (#7XEF)
Citizens, governments and technology startups deserve a regulator to keep the monopolistic instincts of the Googles, Facebooks, Amazons and Apples at bay
Digital monopolies are growing fast. Investors demand nothing less. But shouldn't we, as citizens, demand something, too?
Shouldn't we have some recourse if Facebook decides to manipulate an election, or Google disappears a favourite firm from its all-important rankings?
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