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Amazon, Google and Facebook warrant antitrust scrutiny for many reasons – not just because they're large

  • Written by Amanda Lotz, Fellow, Peabody Media Center; Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
Google's size isn't the only reason way it exerts market power.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

There’s a growing chorus of U.S. politicians, antitrust scholars and consumer watchdogs calling for stricter antitrust treatment of Amazon, Google, Facebook and other tech giants. Some even say they should be broken up.

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