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June 21, 2020 -

(Article by Erick Erickson republished from Creators.com)

Follow along with the logic of your average "woke" Google employee. These employees have been openly arguing for a few years now that Google needs a diverse array of employees shaping Google's algorithms, or Google will only present to consumers certain information that might exclude diverse views or information.

Concurrently, these same employees have argued that Google need not entertain conservative thoughts ...

Elon Musk: It’s ‘time to break up Amazon’

July 26, 2020 - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter recently to state that it is “time to break up Amazon” escalating an ongoing rivalry between Musk and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

(Article by Lucas Nolan republished from Breitbart.com)

Bloomberg reports that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ramped up his feud with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, recently tweeting that it was “time to break up Amazon.” Musk tagged Bezos, who is currently the world’s richest man, and stated that “monopolies are wrong.”

Responding ...

Campbell: Trump should break up Google’s media monopoly

June 21, 2017 -

(Article by Fred Campbell republished from Breitbart.com)

Google’s anticompetitive use of its monopoly power is beyond doubt. A Federal Trade Commission staff report found that Google has intentionally engaged in discriminatory conduct that has strengthened its monopoly power and caused “real harm to consumers and to innovation” that “will have lasting negative effects on consumer welfare.” While the European Union is still conducting serious antitrust investigations into ...

New EU legislation threatens to break up Big Tech

December 29, 2020 -

The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, presented on Tuesday, Dec. 15, two new pieces of legislation that will affect how these tech giants operate. These come following concerns in the region about how powerful some of these companies have become and how this has posed as a roadblock for smaller firms looking to compete in the European market.New laws threaten fines, divestitures on Big Tech

Under the first of the two new pieces of legislation, called the ...

FTC and 48 states file suit to break up Facebook

December 10, 2020 -

Both suits are asking a judge to break the company down into its component parts and force it to divest WhatsApp and Instagram.

According to the lawsuits, Facebook illegally suppressed competition by purchasing rival companies that challenged its dominance. This includes its $1 billion purchase of Instagram in 12 and its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014. The suits state that Facebook's acquisition of rival companies, which have helped increase its value to ...

When plants break up: Understanding cooperative relationships between soil microbes

July 07, 2018 -

According to a study, even though plants can cooperate, there are also times when these cooperative relationships break down.

Gijsbert Werner, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Stuart West, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, both in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, explained that plants have various "below-ground interactions with beneficial soil microbes."

In fact, one of the most crucial partnerships is an interaction between plant roots and arbuscular ...

Want lower meat prices? ‘We need to break up Big Ag’

July 29, 2022 -

(Article by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. republished from ChildrensHealthDefense.org)

In a short video posted last week, Robert Reich — author, lawyer, former U.S. secretary of labor and co-founder of Inequality Media — summed up how a few industrial meat producers gained a monopolistic foothold in the U.S.

Reich also explained how monopolies hurt farmers and consumers — and how to fix the problem.

Four corporations dominate the U.S. meatpacking industry: Tyson ...

It’s time to break up big tech, warns Artificial Intelligence pioneer

October 07, 2017 -

As reported by Axios, the remarks by Joshua Bengio, a leader in the field, a professor at the University of Montreal and a member of the “Canadian Mafia” that broke new ground in machine learning — which is the foundation of AI — are noteworthy because of his influence throughout the industry.

But they are also significant because he and many of his peers all lead or consult for Big Tech’s AI programs.

“Concentration of wealth leads to concentration of power,” ...

Hawley decries Twitter ‘privacy’ double standard — ‘We have to break them up’

December 06, 2021 -

(Article by Jeff Poor republished from Breitbart.com)

Hawley criticized Twitter’s new privacy policy prohibiting some images from being shared without consent.

“I promise you what it won’t mean, and the people whose privacy won’t be protected are normal Americans who want to express their views, particularly if they have conservative views. I promise that you their privacy won’t be respected. They will still get censored. They will still get tracked around. Let’s ...

London police break up Good Friday mass for supposedly violating coronavirus regulations

April 06, 2021 -

Good Friday is one of the most sacred days in the Christian calendar, as it is when Christians commemorate the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. Despite the solemnity of the event, police officers still decided to interrupt the Good Friday mass late in the afternoon of Friday, April 2, at the Polish Roman Catholic Church of Christ the King at the Southwest London neighborhood of Balham. This neighborhood has a significant Polish and Roman Catholic community, and many were ...

Facebook BigWig calls for Big Tech break up: ‘They must be stopped.’

March 16, 2021 -

(Article by Natalie Winters republished from TheNationalPulse.com)

“They must be stopped,” he adds before insisting “the government needs to step in and break up Google and Facebook. It’s a better thing for world.”

Thomas, who also advocates for the removal of Mark Zuckerberg as CEO of Facebook, notes how “no king in the history of the world has been the ruler of two billion people, but Marck Zuckerberg is.”

Thomas also discusses artificial intelligence and ...

U.S. FTC v. Meta: Landmark antitrust trial threatens to break up tech giant

April 17, 2025 -

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has embarked on a historic legal bid to dismantle Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, in a trial that could mark the largest corporate breakup in decades. Opening April 14, 2025, in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the FTC alleges Meta unlawfully quashed competition by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp through a “buy-or-bury strategy.” A ruling in the FTC’s favor would force ...

Big Government vs. Big Tech: Justice Department outlines proposal to break up Google

October 16, 2024 -

This move aims to dismantle what is described as an illegal monopoly held by Google in the online search sector. A judge had previously concluded in August that Google, which handles 90 percent of internet searches in the U.S., had established this monopoly unlawfully.

The Justice Department has outlined remedies that could dramatically alter the landscape of how information is accessed on the internet by Americans, potentially diminishing Google’s revenue and enabling ...

British cops planning to “break up” Christmas dinners if Brits violate WuFlu restrictions

November 04, 2020 -

West Midlands police and crime commissioner (PCC) David Jamieson announced that law enforcement officers will be investigating all reports of lockdown "rule-breaking" over Christmas and Thanksgiving, and anyone found in violation will be punished.

Because West Midlanders are currently imprisoned under "Tier 2" lockdown restrictions, Jamieson, who clearly enjoys enforcing non-laws, is planning to throw his weight around by throwing a wrench in people's holiday plans....

Sign the LifeSiteNews petition to break up Big Tech and stop the censorship

August 03, 2020 -

In less than two days, this LifeSite petition – you can sign it here – has garnered nearly 50,000 signatures. It calls on Congress to take swift action in breaking up the Silicon Valley stranglehold over free speech and the First Amendment.

"Since Big Tech has now started to censor news and opinion, it's clear that more competition – not monopoly – is needed on the internet," says Gualberto Garcia Jones, LifeSite's director of advocacy. "Big Tech needs to be broken up ...

Trump must break up the Google media monopoly for the good of America

June 27, 2017 -

To give just one example, last September, a psychologist researcher by the name of Dr. Robert Epstein claimed that Google's search suggestions were giving an unfair advantage to Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. "It is somewhat difficult to get the Google search bar to suggest negative searches related to Mrs. Clinton or to make any Clinton-related suggestions when one types a negative search term," wrote Dr. Epstein, who is a Senior Research Psychologist at the ...

NYT echoes Natural News, says it’s time to break up the Google monopoly

May 04, 2017 -

When in comes to the consolidation of power and influence in greedy tech industry corporations, that may be the case.

Natural News founder Mike Adams wrote about a week ago that the Google monopoly should be broken up for the benefit of consumers, the competitive marketplace, and free information flow.

A Times Op-Ed seems to agree with the Health Ranger about Google in general, suggesting that the government may need to regulate the giant search engine like a public ...

718% profit from largest US egg producer sparks calls to BREAK UP Big Ag

April 10, 2023 -

A March 28 press release by Cal-Maine Foods said the Mississippi-based egg producer recorded a total revenue of $997.5 million – a 109 percent increase – for the quarter ending Feb. 25. Cal-Maine Foods' profit for the same period shot up by 718 percent to $323.2 million.

"Our results are reflective of a dynamic market environment with higher average selling prices and favorable demand," said Cal-Maine President Sherman Miller. "Elevated market pricing continues, primarily ...

DEFUND the police? Break-ins in San Francisco up by 90% in some neighborhoods

October 08, 2020 -

The highest number of break-ins occurred in the San Francisco Police Department's (SFPD) Northern District, with 1,018 reported burglaries. The neighborhoods it covers has seen a 43 percent rise in these kinds of crimes. For some places, like around Van Ness Avenue and Union Street, the number of break-ins has gone up as high as 90 percent compared to the previous year.

“The problem is real, and it is completely unacceptable,” said Catherine Stefani, a member of the ...

Why it’s time to break up the oppressive tech giants: Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple

December 16, 2018 -

The five major media companies that control most of your information, (Disney, 21st Century Fox, CBS, Time Warner, and Viacom) are not nearly as powerful as Facebook and Google. Even if you merged the five major media companies with the five major communication companies (AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Charter, and Dish) and the world’s top five advertising agencies (WPP, Omnicom, Publicis, IPG, and Dentsu) their total net worth is only 90 percent of that of Facebook and Google, ...