Should Big Tech Be Barred From Favoring Its Own Products?
Should the largest online platforms be barred from ranking their own products ahead of competitors', using business customers' data against them, or blocking data portability? Supporters call such limits fair competition; opponents call them government micromanagement. Where do you stand?
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The case for
Supporters say dominant platforms use gatekeeper power to squeeze out rivals and raise prices, and that fair-competition rules would spur innovation and give consumers more choice.
Source: Consumer Reports (supports curbing self-preferencing) →The case against
Opponents argue the rules could break popular free features, raise privacy and security risks, and amount to the government micromanaging product design — and that antitrust enforcers already have tools to act.
Source: CCIA (tech industry, opposes) →My Democracy doesn’t take a side — you choose your position below, and your message carries it. Sources represent one organization on each side; they don’t reflect My Democracy’s position.
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