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Mar. 12, 2019

Senator’s plan to breakup tech companies is not a new idea

When Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts proposed a plan last week to break up dominant technology companies, she included an idea that has long been discussed by those who want antitrust action: The current giants on the Internet age could not have reached their status absent earlier antitrust cases against previously dominant technology companies.

Senator’s plan to breakup tech companies is not a new idea
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) holds a rally in the New York neighborhood of Long Island City, where Amazon canceled plans to build a new campus, March 8, 2019. Warren announced a regulatory plan aimed at breaking up some of America's largest tech companies, including Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)

When Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts proposed a plan last week to break up dominant technology companies, she included an idea that has long been discussed by those who want antitrust action: The current giants on the Internet age could not have reached their status absent earlier antitrust cases against previously dominant technology companies.

It's a provocative idea, applied not just to the more recent federal litigation a...

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